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The ruling was a binding opinion, a rare power that is exercised by the Attorney General in only less than 0.5 percent of complaints submitted to the Public Access Counselor. [c] [18] CPD was required to comply by searching the officers' email accounts, or file for administrative review in the Circuit Court of Cook or Sangamon County within 35 ...
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / FOY-yə), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., is an Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to copy and inspect public records in the state. The law applies to executive and legislative bodies of state government, units of local government, and other entities defined as "public bodies".
Circuits. There are 25 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. The jurisdiction of seven of these circuits courts are solely within the confines of a single county; these are Cook, Kane, Will, DuPage, Lake, McHenry (all Chicago metropolitan area counties), and St. Clair in Metro East.
The Illinois Public Access Counselor ( PAC) is an attorney in the office of the Illinois Attorney General who is responsible for enforcing the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA). The PAC is the head of the Public Access Bureau, a group of more than one dozen attorneys who process complaints against public ...
Judiciary of Illinois. The judiciary of Illinois is the unified court system of Illinois primarily responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Illinois. It consists of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, and circuit courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts: The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago and is composed of eleven appellate judges.