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COPLEY PRESS, INC. v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 4-85-0629.

143 Ill. App.3d 370 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 127

THE COPLEY PRESS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied June 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Rogers, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of Springfield, for appellant.

Barber, Segatto, Hoffee, Hines & Edwards, of Springfield (Barry O. Hines, R. Kurt Wilke, and Bernard G. Segatto III, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 24, 1985, plaintiff, the Copley Press, Inc., filed suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County alleging that defendant, city of Springfield, had refused to permit Bob Mahlburg, a reporter for the State Journal Register which plaintiff publishes, access to public records to which plaintiff was entitled pursuant to the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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