Legal Opinion
Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 2009No. 107139PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fitzgerald
Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Carman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a school superintendent’s employment contract is exempt from disclosure under section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA or Act) (5 ILCS 140/7 (West 2006)). We hold that it is not exempt from disclosure, and affirm in part and vacate in part the judgment of the appellate court (384 Ill. App. 3d 615), and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
On January 26, 2006, plaintiff, Mark Stern, a resident of Wheaton, Illinois, submitted a…
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