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735 ILCS 5/8-903 (2026)

Application to court

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(735 ILCS 5/8-903) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-903)
    Sec. 8-903. Application to court. (a) In any case, except a libel or slander case, where a person claims the privilege conferred by Part 9 of Article VIII of this Act, the person or party, body or officer seeking the information so privileged may apply in writing to the circuit court serving the county where the hearing, action or proceeding in which the information is sought for an order divesting the person named therein of such privilege and ordering him or her to disclose his or her source of the information.
    (b) In libel or slander cases where a person claims the privilege conferred by Part 9 of Article VIII of this Act, the plaintiff may apply in writing to the court for an order divesting the person named therein of such privilege and ordering him or her to disclose his or her source of information.
(Source: P.A. 84-398.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2023 · leading case: People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “We remand for the trial court to allow defendants to file an application to divest the privilege, pursuant to section 8-903(a) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/8-903(a) (West 1998)), if they so desire.”
People v. McKee, 2014 IL App (3d) 130696 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/8-903 (West 2012). ¶ 12 In relevant part, the party seeking the divestiture must meet three threshold requirements in the application: 2 We acknowledge that the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press and 38 other organizations filed an amicus curiae brief with…”
People v. McKee, 2014 IL App (3d) 130696 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/8-903 (West 2012). ¶ 12 In relevant part, the party seeking the divestiture must meet three threshold requirements in the application: "the name of the reporter and of the news medium with which he or she was connected at the time the information sought was obtained;…”
Gibbons v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, 2023 IL App (1st) 221666 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “See 735 ILCS 5/8-903 (West 2022). The divestiture application must allege “[t]he name of the reporter and of the news medium ***; the specific information sought and its relevancy to the proceedings” and “a specific public interest which would be adversely affected if the…”
People v. Slover (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “We remand for the trial court to allow defendants to file an application to divest the privilege , pursuant to section 8-903(a) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/8-903(a) (West 1998)) , if they so desire.”
— 735 ILCS 5/8-903(a) — 4 cases
People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “We remand for the trial court to allow defendants to file an application to divest the privilege, pursuant to section 8-903(a) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/8-903(a) (West 1998)), if they so desire.”
People v. McKee, 2014 IL App (3d) 130696 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “735 ILCS 5/8-903 (West 2012). ¶ 12 In relevant part, the party seeking the divestiture must meet three threshold requirements in the application: 2 We acknowledge that the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press and 38 other organizations filed an amicus curiae brief with…”
People v. McKee, 2014 IL App (3d) 130696 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “735 ILCS 5/8-903 (West 2012). ¶ 12 In relevant part, the party seeking the divestiture must meet three threshold requirements in the application: "the name of the reporter and of the news medium with which he or she was connected at the time the information sought was obtained;…”
People v. Slover (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “We remand for the trial court to allow defendants to file an application to divest the privilege , pursuant to section 8-903(a) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/8-903(a) (West 1998)) , if they so desire.”
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