Legal Opinion
Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 2006No. 98712PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
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 data about incidents of neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. The Department denied plaintiff’s request. Thereafter, plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court of Jackson County pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et…
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