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FAMILY LIFE LEAGUE v. DEPT. OF PUB. AID

No. 62137.

112 Ill.2d 449 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 1054

FAMILY LIFE LEAGUE et al., Appellants, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd., of Chicago (William J. Harte and David J. Walker, of counsel), for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks and Roma Jones-Stewart, Solicitors General, and Barbara L. Yong and James C. O'Connell, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Department of Public Aid et al.

Calvin Sawyier and James L. Fletcher, of Winston & Strawn, of Chicago, for appellee Illinois State Medical Society.

Dennis J. Horan, Victor G. Rosenblum, Edward R. Grant, Maura K. Quinlan and Clarke D. Forsythe, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund.

Alan S. Gilbert, of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, and Colleen K. Connell, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc.

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

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Does the State Records Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 116, par. 43.4 et seq.) require the disclosure of the names of providers of abortion services, the number of abortions performed, and the amounts paid for those services under the Medicaid program?

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