Talk:City of Champaign v. Madigan

Article before "FOIA"
Hi @Gog the Mild. I noticed that you've been adding the word "the" before "FOIA" throughout the article. Colloquially, "FOIA" in Illinois is referred to in conversation and in writing without the article. See Illinois Freedom of Information Act (which I wrote) and the sources I cited for that article.

Based on a quick survey of the case law in Illinois, it appears that there has been a shift in how "FOIA" is referred to in writing. Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 (1988) and Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University (1997) are both important cases in FOIA jurisprudence, and they both use the article "the" before "FOIA". On the other hand, more recent cases, including Kalven v. City of Chicago (2014), Uptown People's Law Center v. Department of Corrections (2014), and Better Government Association v. City of Chicago Office of Mayor (2020), do not.

Most significantly, in the instant case City of Champaign v. Madigan, neither the Appellate Court opinion nor the Attorney General opinion use the word "the" before "FOIA". Edge3 (talk) 18:59, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I am not that bothered, the MoS requires standard English, not colloquial Illinois. (I know you all talk funny over there. ) If I were to amend an article about my local area to how it might appear in the local paper you would probably roll around laughing.  Gog the Mild (talk) 20:22, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * We use standard English in Illinois, I promise! Especially our courts. ;-) And according to this reference, since "FOIA" is an acronym, you do not need to precede it with "the". Edge3 (talk) 00:31, 22 January 2024 (UTC)