IN RE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR

Nos. 1-16-1376, 1-16-1892, 1-16-2071 cons.

91 N.E.3d 424 (2017)

2017 IL App 1st 161376

IN RE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR (The City of Chicago, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Office of the Special Prosecutor and Dan K. Webb, Defendants-Appellees). Better Government Association, Plaintiff-Appellant and Appellee, v. The City of Chicago Law Department, The City of Chicago Mayor's Office, The Chicago Police Department, and The Office of the Special Prosecutor, Defendants-Appellants and Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

October 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loevy & Loevy, of Chicago ( Matthew Topic and Joshua H. Burday , of counsel), for appellant Better Government Association.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myrian Zreczny Kasper , and Irina Y. Dmitrieva , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for other appellants.

Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Chicago ( Daniel D. Rubinstein , Sean G. Wieber , and Patrick R. O'Meara , of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 The consolidated cases in this appeal present questions regarding the competing interests of public disclosure and confidentiality in records generated because of a grand jury investigation. Historically, the cases...

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