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GALENA GAZETTE v. COUNTY OF JO DAVIESS

Nos. 2-06-0197, 2-06-0243.

872 N.E.2d 1049 (2007)

GALENA GAZETTE PUBLICATIONS, INC., Journal Standard, Inc., and Telegraph Herald, a Division of Woodward Communications, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The COUNTY OF JO DAVIESS, a/k/a The Jo Daviess County Board and The Jo Daviess Planning and Development Committee, Merri Berlage, as Chairperson of the Jo Daviess County Board, and The Galena City Council, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Kurt, Jo Daviess County State's Attorney, Galena, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Gregory L. Slovacek, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for Merri Berlage in No. 2-06-0197.

Robert R. Roth, Vincent, Roth & Toepfer, P.C., Galena, for Galena Gazette Publications Inc., Journal Standard Inc., and Telegraph Herald in No. 2-06-0197.

Philip F. Jensen, Hammer, Simon & Jensen, John W. Cox Jr., Cox & Ward, P.C., Galena, for The Galena City Council in No. 2-06-0243.

Robert R. Roth, Vincent, Roth & Toepfer, P.C., Galena, for Galena Gazette Publications Inc., Journal Standard Inc., and Telegraph Herald in No. 2-06-0243.

Presiding Justice GROMETER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a suit under the Open Meetings Act (Act) (5 ILCS 120/1 et seq. (West 2004)). Defendants, the County of Jo Daviess (County), also known as the Jo Daviess County Board (County Board) and the Jo Daviess Planning and Development Committee (PDC); Merri Berlage, as chairperson of the County Board; and the Galena City Council (City Council), appeal an order granting the motion of plaintiffs, Galena...

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