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COPLEY PRESS, INC. v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 4-93-0999.

639 N.E.2d 913 (1994)

266 Ill.App.3d 421

203 Ill.Dec. 354

THE COPLEY PRESS, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Publisher of The State Journal-Register, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, and the Department of State Police of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees (Long Nine, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, and a unit of The Mid-West Family Broadcast Group, d/b/a WMAY, WNNS, and WOLZ Radio Stations, Plaintiffs; Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit # 5, Intervenor).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided August 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry O. Hines (argued), R. Kurt Wilke, Barber, Segatto, Hoffee & Hines, Springfield, for appellant.

Wayne M. Klocke, Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, Countryside, Robert J. Isaacson, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal St. Louis, MO, for amicus curiae.

James K. Zerkle (argued), Robert M. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, City of Springfield, Springfield, for City of Springfield.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Jan E. Hughes, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Chicago, for Dept. of State Police.

Ronald J. Stone, Stratton, Dobbs & Nardulli, Springfield.

Presiding Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Copley Press, Inc. (Copley Press), and other media organizations requested that the City of Springfield (City) and the Illinois State Police (State Police) release the file and summary compiled by the State Police during their investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against former Springfield chief of police Kirk Robinson. These...

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