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| | 61: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. On August 23, 2007, severe storm systems affected the Chicago area, and there were numerous power outages to customers of the defendant in this putative class action, Commonwealth Edison Company. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110166 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044489 Original UID: 23994 FIRST WORD: Sheffler | |
| 62: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis took no part in the decision. This plaintiff was formerly employed as a police sergeant by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. In May of 1996, he was indicted in Vermilion County in connection with the unauthorized purchase of police badges in Danville. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110239 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044490 Original UID: 23995 FIRST WORD: Genius | |
| 63: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 1991, Congress enacted federal legislation dealing with unsolicited telemarketing, such as automated phone calls and junk faxes. This enactment is the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, or TCPA. This Lake County class action, originally filed in 2003, complained of unsolicited faxes advertising travel opportunities. | | | | Date Created: | 06 03 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110350 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044491 Original UID: 23996 FIRST WORD: Italia | |
| 64: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Auburn and Divernon are small towns in Sangamon County, southwest of Springfield. Prior to 2007, the Auburn school district was located entirely within Sangamon County. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110395, 110422 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044492 Original UID: 23997 FIRST WORD: Board | |
| 65: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion. Pursuant to 1982 legislation, portions of each motorcycle registration fee began to be set aside and placed in the state treasury to fund a motorcycle safety training program under the Cycle Rider Safety Training Act. Effective January 1, 1993, the amount set aside for this purpose was increased to be the total amount of each fee, and the monies were stated to be placed in a trust fund outside of the State treasury. | | | | Date Created: | 10 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110611 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044494 Original UID: 23998 FIRST WORD: A.B.A.T.E. | |
| 66: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Garman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This Arlington Heights attorney has several business enterprises in addition to his law practice, on which he spends less than 20% of his time. He had set up a trust account at his office, but he used it to hold business funds. | | | | Date Created: | 09 22 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111378 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044793 Original UID: 24259 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 67: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Theis delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. In this case, which came before the Illinois Supreme Court on a certified question, it was held that the City of Chicago went beyond its home rule powers in attempting to require electronic intermediaries to collect and remit amusement taxes on resold tickets. | | | | Date Created: | 10 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111127 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044794 Original UID: 24260 FIRST WORD: City | |
| 68: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Chief Justice Kilbridge delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Freeman. Justice Theis specially concurred, with opinion. In this McLean County case, a father whose parental rights had been terminated on March 7, 2008, challenged that result for lack of personal jurisdiction. | | | | Date Created: | 10 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111083 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044795 Original UID: 24261 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 69: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Freeman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis took no part in the decision. The Cook County parties to this dispute married in 1983 and had three children. In 1996 they separated, and a judgment of marriage dissolution was entered in 1999. Since the children were not yet ready for college, the court, in entering the divorce decree, reserved the issue of future college expenses and retained jurisdiction to enforce the judgment. | | | | Date Created: | 09 22 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110984 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044796 Original UID: 24264 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 70: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Thomas delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis dissented, with opinion, joined by Chief Justice Kilbride. The production of steel in electric arc furnaces generates toxic waste. Peoria Disposal Company, which has had an EPA permit since 1989 to store and treat hazardous waste at its facility near Peoria, developed a new process to stabilize this hazardous residue, or electric arc furnace dust, by converting it into material that is not hazardous. | | | | Date Created: | 10 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110882 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044797 Original UID: 24266 FIRST WORD: Sierra | |
| 71: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Karmier delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This civil suit is before the supreme court pursuant to the dismissal of a complaint. No trial has occurred. In October of 2006, 18-year-old Daniel Bell was killed when he drove his vehicle into a tree in Deerfield. It was alleged that he was intoxicated. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110724 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044798 Original UID: 24267 FIRST WORD: Bell | |
| 72: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Freeman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis took no part in the decision. These two Cook County defendants were separately convicted in unrelated cases for possessing less than 15 grams of a controlled substance. | | | | Date Created: | 09 22 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110615 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044799 Original UID: 24269 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 73: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Karmeier delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. The issue presented in this case is whether, under section 543 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Code) (730 ILCS 5/543 (West 2008)), a trial court has the authority to order a defendant to submit a sample of his deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for forensic analysis and indexing and to pay a $200 DNA analysis fee where that defendant has already submitted a DNA sample pursuant to a prior conviction and has paid a corresponding analysis fee. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110765 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044800 Original UID: 24278 FIRST WORD: The | |
| 74: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Garman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Plaintiff Crossroads Ford Truck Sales, located in Springfield, has been a franchised dealer for Sterling trucks since 1998, selling new vehicles and parts, as well as providing service. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111611 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044819 Original UID: 24293 FIRST WORD: Crossroads | |
| 75: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Freeman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This Cook County defendant was convicted in a bench trial of two counts of unlawfully possessing of a controlled substance in 2008. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111817 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044820 Original UID: 24294 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 76: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Theis delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justice Freeman concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke specially concurred, with opinion. Justice Thomas dissented, with opinion, joined by Justices Garman and Karmeier. In 2007, in Belvidere, a man was shot in the arm, chest and shoulder outside his nephew's house after a black SUV with tinted windows pulled up and multiple shots were fired. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110777 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044821 Original UID: 24297 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 77: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Karmeier delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This Peoria County case arose from incidents which occurred at an apartment complex in 2008. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111382 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044822 Original UID: 24298 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 78: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Thomas delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This case concerning child neglect comes from Champaign County. The two children involved here were born in 2002 and 2006. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111795 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044823 Original UID: 24302 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 79: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Thomas delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. On August 21, 2005, this City of Country Club Hills police officer was injured while attempting to make an arrest and did not work again. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111838 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044824 Original UID: 24303 FIRST WORD: Nowak | |
| 80: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Thomas delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. On August 21, 2005, this City of Country Club Hills police officer was injured while attempting to make an arrest and did not work again. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 111838 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044955 Original UID: 24429 FIRST WORD: Nowak | |
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