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· 11/20/1997

Kunkel v. Walton

Citations

  • 689 N.E.2d 1047
  • 179 Ill. 2d 519
  • 228 Ill. Dec. 626
  • 1997 Ill. LEXIS 468

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “confidentiality of personal medical information is, without question, at the core” of the Illinois privacy right
  • the privacy right is implicated when the statute “provides for state action as the means to compel the disclosure”
  • broad sweep disclosing confidential information unrelated to litigation is 24 unconstitutional and unreasonable

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Judges: Nickels, Heiple

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