NBC Subsidiary (WMAQ-TV) LLC v. Chicago Police Department

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
FOIA
Citation
Case Number: 
2019 IL App (1st) 181426
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 5, 2019
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 4th Div,
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
LAMPKIN

WMAQ-TV sued Police Department, seeking disclosure under FOIA of records related to 2014 fatal shooting of a 16-year-old by police officers. FOIA's disclosure exemption for information prohibited from disclosure by state law did not apply to a request for records related to the investigation of police officers who fatally shot a minor because those investigation records did not "relate to a minor who has been investigated" within the meaning of the confidentiality provisions (sections 1-7 and 5-905)  of FOIA. (HOFFMAN and ROCHFORD, concurring.)