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ILLINOIS PRESS ASS'N v. RYAN

No. 88597.

743 N.E.2d 568 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 63

252 Ill.Dec. 700

ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION et al., Appellees, v. George H. RYAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and Michael P. Doyle, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Donald M. Craven, of Craven & Thornton, P.C., Springfield, and Dale Cohen, Chicago, for appellees.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, the Illinois Press Association and many of its member newspapers, brought this action for a declaratory judgment in the circuit court of Sangamon County against the Governor of the State of Illinois, George H. Ryan. The plaintiffs sought a determination that a provision of the Illinois Constitution requires that ethics commissions created under the State Gift Ban Act (5 ILCS 425/1 et seq. (West...

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