TTX CO. v. WHITLEY

No. 1-96-3120.

692 N.E.2d 790 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 548

229 Ill.Dec. 801

TTX COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas L. WHITLEY, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, and Patrick Quinn, Treasurer of the State of Illinois, Defendants (William T. Lundeen, Chief Counsel of the Illinois Department of Revenue, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Chicago (Karen J. Dimond, of counsel), for Contemnor-Appellant.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (Frederic L. Hahn, of counsel); and Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Washington, DC (James W. McBride, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

William T. Lundeen, in his capacity as chief counsel of the Illinois Department of Revenue (Department), appeals the circuit court's order finding him in contempt of court after he refused to comply with a discovery order requiring the Department to disclose information found in income tax returns belonging to other State taxpayers. On appeal, Lundeen raises as issues whether: (1) the Illinois Income Tax Act (35...

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