FERGUSON v. PATTON

Docket No. 112488.

985 N.E.2d 1000 (2013)

2013 IL 112488

369 Ill. Dec. 14

Joseph M. FERGUSON, Inspector General of the City of Chicago, Appellee, v. Stephen R. PATTON, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper and J. Mark Powell , of counsel), for appellant.

Alexander Polikoff , of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The issue in this case is whether the Inspector General of the City of Chicago may retain private counsel to bring an action in circuit court to compel the City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel to produce unredacted copies of documents sought by the Inspector General as part of an official investigation into municipal corruption.1 The circuit...

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