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735 ILCS 5/8-907 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 5/8-907) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-907)
    Sec. 8-907. Court's findings. An order granting divestiture of the privilege provided in Part 9 of Article VIII of this Act shall be granted only if the court, after hearing the parties, finds:
    (1) that the information sought does not concern matters, or details in any proceeding, required to be kept secret under the laws of this State or of the Federal government; and
    (2) that all other available sources of information have been exhausted and, either, disclosure of the information sought is essential to the protection of the public interest involved or, in libel or slander cases, the plaintiff's need for disclosure of the information sought outweighs the public interest in protecting the confidentiality of sources of information used by a reporter as part of the news gathering process under the particular facts and circumstances of each particular case.
    If the court enters an order divesting the person of the privilege granted in Part 9 of Article VIII of this Act it shall also order the person to disclose the information it has determined should be disclosed, subject to any protective conditions as the court may deem necessary or appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 84-398.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · 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). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 1998). In Palacio , we rejected the argument that mere assertion of the privilege made the procedural aspects of the reporter's privilege statute applicable.”
United States v. Willie E. Lloyd, 71 F.3d 1256 (7th Cir. 1995). “” Counsel for the Chicago Tribune filed a motion to quash the subpoena, arguing that Lloyd failed to demonstrate “that all other available sources of information have been exhausted,” 735 ILCS 5/8-907(2), or that Wilson’s testimony “goes to the heart of [and] is crucial to”…”
Von Ribbeck v. Negroni (N.D. Ill. 2019). · cites it 2× “® Plaintiff argues, without reference to Section 8-907, that defendant has waived the reporter’s privilege by putting her “Illinois work contacts at issue” (Pl. Resp. at 9).”
People v. Slover (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 1998). In Palacio , we rejected the argument that mere assertion of the privilege made the procedural aspects of the reporter's privilege statute applicable.”
Gibbons v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, 2023 IL App (1st) 221666 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 2022). These “sources” are “specific persons or things that can themselves provide the sought-after testimony or evidence,” including those that are “identified or known, or those sources that are likely to become identified or known as a result of a…”
— 735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) — 5 cases
People v. Slover, 753 N.E.2d 554 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 1998). In Palacio , we rejected the argument that mere assertion of the privilege made the procedural aspects of the reporter's privilege statute applicable.”
United States v. Willie E. Lloyd, 71 F.3d 1256 (7th Cir. 1995). “” Counsel for the Chicago Tribune filed a motion to quash the subpoena, arguing that Lloyd failed to demonstrate “that all other available sources of information have been exhausted,” 735 ILCS 5/8-907(2), or that Wilson’s testimony “goes to the heart of [and] is crucial to”…”
People v. Slover (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 1998). In Palacio , we rejected the argument that mere assertion of the privilege made the procedural aspects of the reporter's privilege statute applicable.”
Von Ribbeck v. Negroni (N.D. Ill. 2019). “® Plaintiff argues, without reference to Section 8-907, that defendant has waived the reporter’s privilege by putting her “Illinois work contacts at issue” (Pl. Resp. at 9).”
Gibbons v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, 2023 IL App (1st) 221666 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 735 ILCS 5/8-907(2) (West 2022). These “sources” are “specific persons or things that can themselves provide the sought-after testimony or evidence,” including those that are “identified or known, or those sources that are likely to become identified or known as a result of a…”
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