CBS, INC. v. PARTEE

No. 1-89-0801.

198 Ill. App.3d 936 (1990)

556 N.E.2d 648

CBS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CECIL A. PARTEE, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (6th Division).

Opinion filed May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. O'Brien and Lisa A. Hausten, both of Sidley & Austin, of Chicago (R. Bryan Hatchett, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Susan Condon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to decide whether the race of a public employee, as recorded in a personnel file, is subject to disclosure under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 116, par. 201 et seq.). In dismissing the complaint of CBS, Inc., against the State's Attorney of Cook County, the trial judge...

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