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PEOPLE EX REL. FISHER v. CAREY

No. 51353.

77 Ill.2d 259 (1979)

396 N.E.2d 17

THE PEOPLE ex rel. ARTHUR FISHER et al., Appellants, v. BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Matthew J. Beemsterboer, Frank R. Rago, and Barry M. Lewis, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr and Myra J. Brown, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

James Doherty, public defender of Cook County, filed this class action, on behalf of Arthur Fisher and others who have been or will be charged with criminal offenses, to enjoin Bernard Carey, the State's Attorney of Cook County, from intercepting subpoenaed police reports. The State...

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