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10 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1999–2018 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Williamson v. Doylegreen2 sentences1999The Open Meetings Act permits a court to grant any relief "as it deems appropriate, including * * * declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." (Emphasis added.) 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 1996); Williamson v. Doyle, 112 Ill.App.3d 293, 300 , 67 Ill.Dec. 905 , 445 N.E.2d 385 (1983) ("The statute permitting the court to declare the action void refers by its terms only to a `closed session.'"). 1999The Open Meetings Act permits a court to grant any relief "as it deems appropriate, including * * * declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." (Emphasis added.) 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 1996); Williamson v. Doyle, 112 Ill.App.3d 293, 300 , 67 Ill.Dec. 905 , 445 N.E.2d 385 (1983) ("The statute permitting the court to declare the action void refers by its terms only to a `closed session.'"). | 3 | 6 |
CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM BD. v. Martingreen2 sentences2018The Act expressly states that the circuit court may only declare “null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act.” 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014); see also Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees v. Martin, 309 Ill. 2018The Act expressly states that the circuit court may only declare "null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014); see also Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees v. Martin , 309 Ill. | 2 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Howe v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund
green
2 sentences2018Id. 2018Id. | 4 | 2017–2018 |
Parker v. Nichting
neutral
2 sentences2018If the circuit court determines that a violation has occurred, it: “may grant such relief as it deems appropriate, including granting a relief by mandamus requiring that a meeting be open to the public, granting an injunction against future violations of this Act, ordering the public body to make available to the public such portion of the minutes of a meeting as is not authorized to be kept confidential under this Act, or declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act.” 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014). ¶ 124 Although the circuit court’s power to grant 2018If the circuit court determines that a violation has occurred, it: "may grant such relief as it deems appropriate, including granting a relief by mandamus requiring that a meeting be open to the public, granting an injunction against future violations of this Act, ordering the public body to make available to the public such portion of the minutes of a meeting as is not authorized to be kept confidential under this Act, or declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014). ¶ 124 Although the circuit court's power to grant | 2 | 2018–2018 |
Parker v. NICHTING
neutral
2 sentences2018If the circuit court determines that a violation has occurred, it: "may grant such relief as it deems appropriate, including granting a relief by mandamus requiring that a meeting be open to the public, granting an injunction against future violations of this Act, ordering the public body to make available to the public such portion of the minutes of a meeting as is not authorized to be kept confidential under this Act, or declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014). ¶ 124 Although the circuit court's power to grant 2018If the circuit court determines that a violation has occurred, it: "may grant such relief as it deems appropriate, including granting a relief by mandamus requiring that a meeting be open to the public, granting an injunction against future violations of this Act, ordering the public body to make available to the public such portion of the minutes of a meeting as is not authorized to be kept confidential under this Act, or declaring null and void any final action taken at a closed meeting in violation of this Act." 5 ILCS 120/3(c) (West 2014). ¶ 124 Although the circuit court's power to grant | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.