Wright Development Group v. Walsh

State: Illinois

Docket No: 109463 Rel

Case Date: 10/21/2010

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

WRIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC, Appellee, v. JOHN WALSH et al. (John Walsh, Appellant). Opinion filed October 21, 2010.

CHIEF JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justices Thomas and Burke.

OPINION In this appeal, we are asked if defendant John Walsh's statement to a reporter made during a public forum inside an alderman's office was immunized from a defamation lawsuit under the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The trial court found the statement was not immune from suit. The appellate court dismissed Walsh's appeal as moot. No. 1

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