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Recent Court Decisions

Recent court and agency decisions involving board work

IASB's Office of General Counsel prepares summaries chosen from the Illinois Supreme and Appellate courts, federal court, agencies, the Illinois Public Access Counselor, and other tribunals issuing interesting decisions. Information in the summaries is limited to a brief synopsis and is not intended for purposes of legal advice. For the complete text of any case cited in this section, go to the Illinois state courts, Illinois Attorney General, or Federal courts finder links.

To search by the names of the plaintiff or defendant or other keyword, use the site search box located at the top of this website. Then filter results by Court Decision.

Questions regarding Recent Court and Agency Decisions should be directed to Maryam Brotine, ext. 1219, or by mbrotine@iasb.com.

Court decisions are listed in order of the date posted, with the most recent shown first.
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  • Freedom of Information Act - FOIA
    Availability of records through discovery
    Case: Public Access Opinion 13-017
    Decision Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
    The availability of records through discovery (during the litigation process) does not affect a person’s right to access records under FOIA.
  • Freedom of Information Act - FOIA
    Records that are in the possession of a contractor
    Case: Public Access Opinion 13-018
    Decision Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
    Records that are in the possession of a contractor that is performing a governmental function for a public body are public records of the public body. The public body may not charge a requester any fees for the contractor to locate and retrieve such public records when the request is a non-commercial request.