Legal Opinion
Wright Development Group, LLC v. Walsh
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 2010No. 109463PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fitzgerald
Justices Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Freeman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justices Thomas and Burke.
OPINION
In this appeal, we are asked if defendant John Walsh’s statement to a reporter made during a public forum inside an alderman’s office was immunized from a defamation lawsuit under the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The trial court found the statement was not immune from suit. The appellate court dismissed Walsh’s appeal as moot. No. 1 — 08—2783 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule…
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