Legal Opinion

Caro v. Whitaker

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 4, 2008No. 1-06-1243PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cunningham

The plaintiff, Richard Caro, filed a lawsuit in the circuit court of Cook County against Eric Whitaker, M.D., Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, to enjoin disbursement of funds for stem cell research mandated by two executive orders of the Governor of Illinois. The trial court dismissed the lawsuit and ruled that the lawsuit was a nonjusticiable political question, inappropriate for judicial determination. The plaintiff appealed. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

BACKGROUND

On July 12, 2005, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich issued…

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