Pope v. Parkinson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE REARDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we are presented with questions involving the applicability of the Open Meetings Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 102, par. 41 et seq.) to the deliberations of the University of Illinois Assembly Hall Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) and with the public’s need to be informed of the financial operations of the Assembly Hall. The defendants appeal the circuit court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff which directs the issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the defendants to open and give…