Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) – Last week, the Algonquin Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to settle the multiple Freedom of Information Act lawsuits brought by us (ECWd) several years...
...I won my FOIA lawsuit pro se against the Attorney General. I stood before a judge and exercised my right to represent myself and that required me to understand the...
...denial was based on their police department’s “guidelines” and not on appropriate FOIA exemptions. They will now answer to the courts. Copy of the lawsuit below: Frankfort PD FOIA Complaint_Redacted...
Wesley Township, Will Co. (ECWd) – There was a Hearing in Will County on the FOIA lawsuit. The purpose was to rule on a Motion for Protective Order on some...
Will CO., IL. (ECWd) – Oral arguments were heard in Freedom of Information Act lawsuit appealed to the Appellate Court by Will County Sheriff. The case is Edgar County Watchdogs,...
...the truthfulness of their reporting in our article on the lawsuit (here). A SLAPP suit, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, “is aimed at preventing citizens from exercising their political...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – On January 4, 2022, Springfield Mayor James Langfelder sent a letter to the Sangamon County Airport Authority after reading about the authority’s authorization of a lawsuit...
...in the lawsuit brought by the city against the clerk, and effectively also in the suit brought by the clerk against the city. Ross Secler represented the Clerk and Odelson....
...part of the relief in the lawsuit, that the judge award him his legal fees. In our opinion, a Judgement by the Courts cannot cross the threshold into official misconduct...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) – The Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Wesley Township was up for status call this morning. As has been the pattern with this township, they...