JOHN DOE THREE v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

No. 1-16-2548.

2017 IL App (1st) 162548

JOHN DOE THREE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH and NIRAV D. SHAH, M.D., J.D., Director of Public Health, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Motion to publish allowed May 3, 2017.

Opinion filed May 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Chicago ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, and Nadine J. Wichern , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellants.

Michael K. Goldberg , Robert A. Bauerschmidt , and Jean Milaeger , of Goldberg Law Group, of Chicago, for appellee.

Justices Harris and Mikva concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiff John Doe Three petitioned the Department of Public Health (Department) to add "chronic post-operative pain" (CPOP) as a "debilitating medical condition" under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act (Act) (410 ILCS...

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