Talliani v. Herrmann

State: Illinois

Court: 3rd District Appellate

Docket No: 3-09-0138 Official Reports

Case Date: 08/19/2011

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Taliani v. Herrmann, 2011 IL App (3d) 090138

Appellate Court Caption

STEVEN A TALIANI, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. PATRICK J. HERRMANN, as State's Attorney for Bureau County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

District & No.

Third District Docket No. 3-09-0138 August 19, 2011 September 29, 2011 An order awarding plaintiff attorney fees for the work performed by his counsel in obtaining grand jury transcripts from defendant's 1994 criminal trial pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act was reversed on the ground that the Act is not the proper vehicle for obtaining grand jury transcripts.

Filed Rehearing denied Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau County, No. 07-MR-30; the Hon. Eugene P. Daugherity, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Reversed and vacated in part.

Counsel on Appeal

Patrick J. Herrmann (argued), State's Attorney, of Princeton, for appellant. Robert L. Caplan (argued), of Clarendon Hills, for appellee.

Panel

JUSTICE SCHMIDT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justice Holdridge concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Lytton dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

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