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MAXON v. OTTAWA PUB. CO.

No. 3-08-0805.

929 N.E.2d 666 (2010)

Donald MAXON and Janet Maxon, Petitioners-Appellants, v. OTTAWA PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Respondent-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

June 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Hupp, Jr. (argued), Michael W. Fuller, Hupp, Lanuti, Irion & Burton, P.C., Ottawa, IL, for Donald Maxon.

Katherine Licup (argued), Michael Conway, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL, for Ottawa Publishing Company.

Michael T. Reagan, Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, PC, Ottawa, IL, Christopher T. Bavitz, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, David Ardia, Samuel Bayard, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Cambridge, MA, Barbara W. Wall, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Gannett Co., Inc., McLean, VA, Jonathan Donnellan, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY, Samuel Fifer, Natalie J. Spears, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan D. Hart, Dow Lohnes PLLC, Washington, DC, Gregory A. Beck, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Lucy A. Dalglish, Gregg P. Leslie, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington VA, Sal Karottki, Asst. General Counsel, Tribune Company, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Citizen Media Law Project.

Presiding Justice HOLDRIDGE delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners, Donald and Janet Maxon (the Maxons), appeal from an order of the circuit court of La Salle County dismissing their amended petition for discovery pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 224 (134 Ill.2d R. 224). The amended petition sought disclosure from respondent Ottawa Publishing Company (Ottawa Publishing) of identifying information concerning the persons responsible for certain comments posted...

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