Illinois Education Ass'n v. Illinois State Board of Education

Docket No. 93347–Agenda 11–January 2003.

ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, an Illinois Not For Profit Corporation, Appellant, v. THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD

OF EDUCATION, Appellee.

Opinion filed May 22, 2003.

The issue presented in this case is whether the Freedom of Information Act (Act) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq . (West 2000)) requires the Illinois State Board of Education (Board) to disclose material provided to the Illinois Attorney General (Attorney General) pertaining to its request for an Attorney General opinion, or whether such material is protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Illinois…