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PEOPLE EX REL. DIFANIS v. BARR

No. 52948.

83 Ill.2d 191 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 731

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THOMAS J. DIFANIS, States's Attorney, Appellee, v. JOAN BARR et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold F. Blockman, of Hatch, Blockman & McPheters, of Champaign, and James Kuehl, of Finch & Kuehl, of Urbana, for appellants.

Thomas J. Difanis, States's Attorney, of Urbana (Joseph D. Pavia, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

Ronald D. Rotunda, of Champaign, for amicus curiae Illinois News Broadcasters Association.

William E. Feurer, of William E. Feurer, Ltd., of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Press Association.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Thomas J. Difanis, as State's Attorney of Champaign County, brought a declaratory judgment action against the nine defendants, who are members of the Urbana city council. The plaintiff sought a declaration that the defendants violated the Open Meetings Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 102, par. 41 et seq.) when, on October 23, 1978, they met and conferred shortly before a special...

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