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agreement (IGA) that required the municipalities subject to the IGA to require, as a condition of annexation, that developers pay impact fees for road improvements and determined that a developer was required
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Municipality Properly Denied Liquor License Based on Previous Denial of a Business License
A local liquor commission denied a liquor license to a proposed social club based on the proposed club’s failure to obtain a business license, which had been previously denied because of a lack of parking for the business. The proposed…
Court Upholds Dismissal of Hunter’s Case Against Forest Preserve District
A hunter’s lawsuit against a forest preserve district (District) claiming his constitutional rights were violated by the District because of restrictions on his ability to hunt on private land was recently dismissed in Brenczewski
v. Forest Preserve District of Will…
Illinois General Assembly Fall Session
The Illinois General Assembly adjourned its fall veto
session last week. Before the session ended, the General Assembly acted on a
few bills of interest that may be of interest to local governments. We summarized just a few of these…
Record Creation Requirements of FOIA
As a general rule,
the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) does not require a public body to
create records – instead, it requires a public body to provide access to
records the public body already has in its possession…
Seventh Circuit Rejects injunction Against Enforcement of Protect Illinois Communities Act
Last week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a lengthy opinion in a Second Amendment challenge involving six consolidated cases. Bevis et al., v. State of Illinois et al..The underlying cases involved challenges to the constitutionality of the…
Quorum Forum Podcast Ep. 77: Housing Affordability at the ACSP2023
Ancel Glink has released a new episode of its Quorum Forum Podcast: Episode 77: Housing Affordability at ACSP2023. In this episode (recorded live at the 2023 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference), Ancel Glink attorneys David Silverman…
Court Distinguishes between "Private" and "Personal" Information under FOIA
In response to a 2016 FOIA request seeking records relating
to the requestor’s criminal case, the Chicago Police Department disclosed
certain records subject to certain redactions. A few years later, the requestor
submitted another FOIA request seeking records and statements…
Illinois County Has No Authority to Secede from Illinois According to the Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General doesn’t issue very many general opinions (separate from the PAC opinions) but a recent opinion is worth a read as it involves an unusual issue – a county’s secession from one state to an adjoining state.At…
ICE Did Not Violate Federal FOIA in Redacting Records
A requestor filed several FOIA
requests with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the
federal FOIA statute, seeking records regarding his transfer from ICE custody to Indiana where he faced criminal charges. ICE produced certain
records, but redacted…