Application of Multimedia KSDK, Inc.

In this consolidated appeal, Multimedia KSDK, Inc., appeals from the denial of its petitions, which were made pursuant to section 9 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 1111/2, par. 7309), for authority to disclose the identity of one “Jane Doe,” an alleged prostitute charged with the offense of criminal transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Also participating in this appeal are Jane Doe as appellee and, as amici curiae, Alton Telegraph, Belleville News-Democrat, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KTVI-TV and Chicago Tribune.

Multimedia KSDK, Inc. (hereinafter KSDK),…