K.L. v. EDGAR

No. 92 C 5722.

964 F.Supp. 1206 (1997)

K.L., L.F., and R.B., on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor of the State of Illinois, and Ann Patla, Director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Ross Gilford, Anne K. Lewis, Suzanne Rubens Kanter, Joseph A. Starkman, Jeffrey W. Sarles, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Roger Pascal, Michael Neil Lloyd, Lisa Ann Brown, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Colleen K. Connell, Harvey Michael Grossman, Benjamin S. Wolf, Susan Gail Wishnick, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, IL, Herbert A. Eastman, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., St. Louis, MO, Adam D. Schwartz, American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, IL, Ira James Belcove, Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, IL, for K.L., L.F., R.B.

Joel Gerald Chefitz, Timothy J. Patenode, Kenneth Michael Kliebard, Laura A. O'Connell, Jeffrey G. Close, Robert C. Kimmeth, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for Jim Edgar.

Joel Gerald Chefitz, Timothy J. Patenode, Paul A. Haskins, Vesper Mei, Thomas J. Meier, Laura A. O'Connell, Jeffrey G. Close, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, for Ann Patla.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Before the court are plaintiffs' motion to compel discovery and defendants' renewed countermotion for a protective order on privileged and irrelevant documents. For the reasons that follow, the court grants in part and denies in part both motions.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs seek 179 documents that are listed on defendants...

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