by Randal Birkey | Jul 24, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Two Binding Decisions Concerning FOIA Author: Jacob D. Caudill July 24, 2017 This month, the Attorney General’s Office released two binding Public Access Opinions concerning Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act. Specifically, both...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 24, 2017 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
Case Upholds Ordinance Prohibiting Unregistered Vehicles on Private Property Author: Brad Stewart July 24, 2017 In mid-July, the Second Appellate Court upheld the Village of Round Lake Beach’s ordinance which provides: “It shall be unlawful to store any vehicle upon...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 22, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Appellate Court Rules No Issue of Material Fact Regarding Municipality’s Immunity from Liability Author: Kristin G. Good June 22, 2017 Recently, the 4th District Appellate Court, in Monson v. City of Danville, 2017 Il App (4th) 160593, upheld a trial court’s granting...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 22, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Three More Public Access Opinions Author: Jacob D. Caudill June 22, 2017 This month, the Illinois Attorney General issued three binding Public Access Opinions concerning both Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Open...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 2, 2017 | Attorney, Kevin A. Chrzanowski, Local Government Law Bulletin
IHSA Not Subject to FOIA Author: Kevin A. Chrzanowski June 2, 2017 In Better Gov’t Ass’n v. Ill. High Sch. Ass’n, 2017 IL 121124, the Illinois Supreme Court decided whether the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) (5 ILCS 140/2) applied to the records...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 2, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Third Binding Opinion of 2017 Author: Jacob D. Caudill June 2, 2017 Last week, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office issued its third binding Public Access Opinion of 2017. In dispute was whether a sanitary district was exempt from...
