NELSON v. KENDALL COUNTY

No. 116303.

10 N.E.3d 893 (2014)

2014 IL 116303

381 Ill. Dec. 484

Larry NELSON, et al., Appellants, v. KENDALL COUNTY, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant S. Wegner , R. Peter Grometer and Laura L. Malinowski , of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC, of Joliet, for appellants.

Patrick Delfino , Lawrence M. Bauer , Charles M. Colburn , and Scott Jacobson , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Elgin, for appellee Kendall County.

Eric Weis , State's Attorney, of Yorkville ( Leslie J. Johnson , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), appellee.

Donald M. Craven and Esther J. Seitz , of Donald M. Craven, P.C., of Springfield, for amici curiae Illinois Broadcasters Association et al.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Jane Elinor Notz , Deputy Solicitor General, of Chicago, of counsel), amicus curiae.

Anita Alvarez , of Chicago, et al. ( Paul A. Castiglione , Alan J. Spellberg and Jeffrey S. McCutchan , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), amici curiae.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 The issue on this appeal is whether the office of the State's Attorney of Kendall County is exempt from the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (West 2010)) on the grounds that the State's Attorney's office is part of the judicial branch of Illinois government and...

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