Southern Illinoisian v. Illinois Department of Health

Docket No. 98712. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, Appellee, v. THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH et al., Appellants. Opinion filed February 2, 2006. JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION Plaintiff, the Southern Illinoisan newspaper, requested the Illinois Department of Public Health (Department) to release from the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry (Cancer Registry) certain…