Illinois (ECWd) –
There has been some recent inquiry by conspiracy theorists in Shelby County related to our FOIA lawsuits.
In an attempt to make their “jobs” easier, here is a partial list of FOIA and OMA lawsuits we have either won or prevailed with a settlement.
The fees paid were for attorney fees and filing costs, so, for instance, when you see that Carlinville settled (after the court ordered them to produce the public records we requested) for $90,000, that was for attorney fees for our attorneys to prosecute the FOIA case.
Algonquin Township Road District (FOIA) – had to obtain a court order to seize these settlement funds directly from the road district’s bank accounts since the township board willfully failed to tender payment
Atlanta Library District (FOIA)
Clark County Park District (OMA) – Appellate Court Unanimous Decision
Clark County Park District (FOIA)
There are others we didn’t write about, like the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers who ignored our request for records tied to Lithia Springs Marina, Edgar County (more than 1), Illinois State Police (more than 1), College of DuPage (OMA), Thornton Township, Wesley Township, Royal Lakes – Illinois, Clark-Edgar Rural Water District, Illinois Attorney General (more than 1), Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Auditor General, Illinois Health and Family Services, Edgar County Airport (more than 1), Ford Iroquois County Health Department, Iroquois County, and many more that we cannot recall at this time…
There are probably a dozen or so still working their way through the various county court systems.
