{
 "topic": "FOIA section 9",
 "statute": "5 ILCS 140/9",
 "family": "Denials and notice requirements",
 "page": "https://illinoisfoia.org/issues/foia-9/",
 "note": "Determination letters are non-binding. Verify against the source PDF before citing.",
 "counts": {
  "violation_found": 1,
  "no_violation": 0,
  "no_determination": 0,
  "other": 0
 },
 "challenge_notes": null,
 "issues": [
  {
   "issue": "Adequacy of search for responsive recordings",
   "outcome": "violation_found",
   "rule": "A public body must conduct a reasonable search for responsive records and provide a detailed description of the search, including consulting individuals likely to have records.",
   "decision": {
    "title": "Audio and video recordings of a special board meeting",
    "date": "2021-12-23",
    "binding": false,
    "url": "https://illinoisfoia.org/opinions/letter-55627/"
   },
   "authorities": [
    {
     "text": "Better Government Ass'n v. City of Chicago, 2020 IL App (1st) 190038, ¶31, __ N.E.3d __ (2020)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 373 F. Supp. 3d 120, 126 (D.D.C. 2019)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Rugiero v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 257 F.3d 534, 547 (6th Cir. 2001)",
     "url": null
    },
    {
     "text": "Yeager v. Drug Enforcement Administration, 678 F.2d 315, 321 (D.C. Cir. 1982)",
     "url": null
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}