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Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Friday, January 19, 2024
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the five civil and two criminal opinions handed down Friday, January 19, 2024, by the Illinois Supreme Court. People v. Frey, 2024 IL 128644 By Jay Wiegman, Assistant Appellate Defender The Post Conviction Hearing Act, 725 ILCS 5/122 1(a)(1), provides a mechanism for a criminal defendant to assert a substantial denial of his rights under the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Illinois, or both.
Quick Take on Illinois Supreme Court Opinion Issued Friday, August, 11, 2023
A leading appellate attorney reviews theIllinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, April 20. Caulkins v.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Thursday, May 18, 2023
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the three civil and eight criminal opinions handed down Thursday, May 18, 2023, by the Illinois Supreme Court. Chapman v. Chicago Dept. of Finance, 2023 IL 128300 By Michael T. Reagan, Law Offices of Michael T. Reagan The plaintiff submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chicago Dept.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Thursday, June 17, 2021
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the four Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, June 17. In In re Application of Tax Deed, the court analyzed case-specific facts for purposes of determining whether section 22-85 of the Property Tax Code could be applied to void a tax deed. In Municipal Trust & Savings Bank v.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Thursday, March 18, 2021
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the two Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, March 18. In People v. Burge, the Supreme Court denied a defendant’s motion to withdraw her guilty plea after she asserted that it was involuntary because she was unaware she would lose her job if she pled guilty. In Ciolino v.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Friday, January 22, 2021
The Illinois Supreme Court issued three opinions on January 22. In In re J.M.A., the Supreme Court was equally divided and dismissed the appeal. In Steed v. Rezin Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, S.C., the Supreme Court unanimously reversed an unpublished order issued by an appellate court that reversed a jury verdict in favor of an institutional defendant. In Board of Education of the City of Chicago v.
Quick Take on Illinois Supreme Court Opinion Issued Thursday, December 17, 2020
The Illinois Supreme Court issued one opinion on December 17. In Barrall v. The Board of Trustees of John A. Logan Community College, the court interpreted a provision in the Public Community College Act governing the “bumping rights” of laid-off tenured faculty members. Barrall v. The Board of Trustees of John A.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Friday, December 28
The Illinois Supreme Court handed down four opinions on Friday, Dec. 28. In Sienna Court Condominium Assoc. v. Champion Aluminum Corp., the court addressed the question of whether a purchaser of a newly constructed home could assert a claim for breach of an implied warranty of habitability against a subcontractor that had no contractual relationship with the purchaser. In Stanphill v. Ortberg, the court reviewed a jury verdict hinging on the foreseeability of a depressed person’s suicide.
Quick Takes on Illinois Supreme Court Opinions Issued Thursday, May 24
The Illinois Supreme Court handed down three opinions on Thursday, May 24. The court upheld the constitutionality of the Vehicle Code’s definition of "low-speed gas bicycle" in People v. Plank, considered the application of the officer suit exception to sovereign immunity in Parmar v. Madigan, and determined whether statutory changes apply retroactively to two Freedom of Information Act requests in Perry v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. By Kerry J.
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