SO. ILLINOISAN v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH

No. 5-02-0836.

812 N.E.2d 27 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 431

285 Ill.Dec. 438

The SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, A DIVISION OF LEE ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH and Dr. John Lumpkin, in His Capacity as Director of Public Health, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Jerald S. Post, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellants.

Donald M. Craven, Donald M. Craven, P.C., Springfield, for Appellee.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Dr. John Lumpkin, in his capacity as Director of Public Health, appeal two orders of the circuit court of Jackson County. The first order directed the defendants to release certain Illinois Cancer Registry (Registry) information to the plaintiff, the Southern Illinoisan, a daily newspaper that is based in Carbondale, Illinois, and is a division of Lee Enterprises...

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