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| | 1: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 April 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The plaintiff in this Champaign County case is a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He was formerly employed by the universitys Cline Center for Democracy, where he coordinated research and information technology. | | | | Date Created: | 04-16-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117485 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070489 Original UID: 188760 FIRST WORD: Leetaru | |
| 2: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In the fall of 2013, the General Assembly enacted a statute amending the Illinois Pension Code to reduce the retirement annuity benefits of individuals who first became members of four of the State of Illinois pension systems prior to January 1, 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 05-08-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118585 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070491 Original UID: 188762 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 3: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this McLean County case, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver imposed on a defendant who was a passenger in a vehicle which was stopped because of what police claimed was an obstructed license plate. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months of probation. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 116223 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070492 Original UID: 188763 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 4: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This class action challenges the constitutionality of a section of the Counties Code which calls for the states Rental Housing Support Program to be funded by a surcharge collected by county recorders of deeds when they record real estate-related documents. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 116226, 116825 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070493 Original UID: 188764 FIRST WORD: Marks | |
| 5: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A statutory post conviction proceeding can, potentially, consist of three stages. At the first stage, the circuit court may summarily dismiss if it finds the petition frivolous or patently without merit. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 113135 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070495 Original UID: 188766 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 6: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Kane County jury convicted this defendant of the April 2009 hold-up of a gas station in Aurora, and the circuit court imposed a 20-year prison term for aggravated robbery. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 116799 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070496 Original UID: 188767 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 7: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2012, in Cahokia, a 14-month-old infant died of head injuries after being left in the company of other children, including this juvenile respondent, who was nine years old at the time. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117341 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070497 Original UID: 188768 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 8: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2005, this 17-year-old defendant entered an open guilty plea to attempted first degree murder and home invasion. His 2007 motion to withdraw his plea as not knowing and voluntary because of counsels allegedly deficient advice and representation was denied. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117695 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070498 Original UID: 188769 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 9: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This dispute arises from the logging of timberland in Warren County. The plaintiff is the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. Among the defendants are Steve Walters, an Iowa timber buyer and Robert ODell, an Iowa logger. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117783 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070499 Original UID: 188770 FIRST WORD: Warren | |
| 10: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The defendant in this Lake County wrongful death suit is DeBruler Company, the agent for a Park City development known as Colonial Park Apartments. The plaintiff is Maria Turcios, the special administrator of the estate of her late husband Nelsyn Caceras, who died June 15, 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117962 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070500 Original UID: 188771 FIRST WORD: Turcios | |
| 11: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Health care liens are regulated by statute. In this Jackson County case, the supreme court held that, where an injury victim who had settled her circuit court claim filed a petition to adjudicate liens and the only health care lien at issue was that of the treating hospital, the Health Care Services Lien Act did not permit the deduction of attorney fees and costs of litigation prior to calculating the amount to be paid to the health care lienholder. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118143 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070501 Original UID: 188772 FIRST WORD: McVey | |
| 12: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The circuit court of Du Page County found the clause violated defendants equal protection rights and declared it unconstitutional as applied to him. | | | | Date Created: | 05-21-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118255 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070502 Original UID: 188773 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 13: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 June 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this Sangamon County case, a wife filed for divorce in 2012 after 20 years of marriage. This dispute concerns the division of property. Both parties are still working. The respondent husband works for the Springfield Police Department and is part of its pension system in lieu of Social Security. | | | | Date Created: | 06-18-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117876 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070503 Original UID: 188774 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 14: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 June 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The defendant sought review in the appellate court and there, for the first time, alleged that the trial court had committed plain error by erroneously defining reasonable doubt in response to an inquiry from the jury. The appellate court ordered a new trial, but the Illinois Supreme Court did not agree with what the appellate court had done. | | | | Date Created: | 06-18-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117934 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070504 Original UID: 188775 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 15: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 June 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This appeal is concerned with discovery in a defamation case. At the time the statement at issue was posted on the internet, the Sandusky sexual abuse scandal had dominated the national news for weeks. | | | | Date Created: | 06-18-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118000 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070505 Original UID: 188776 FIRST WORD: Hadley | |
| 16: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 September 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Foreclosure Prevention Program has been established by the Illinois Housing Development Act. It is funded by a Code of Civil Procedure provision imposing a $50 filing fee in residential mortgage foreclosure cases, 2% of which is retained by the clerk of the circuit court in which the foreclosure action is filed. | | | | Date Created: | 09-24-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117138 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070506 Original UID: 188777 FIRST WORD: Walker | |
| 17: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 September 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2012, plaintiff motorist attempted to make a U-turn from a left turn lane on northbound Kirk Road in Geneva and collided with an oncoming motor bike which was carrying a passenger. The motorcyclist incurred substantial injuries and the passenger died as a result. | | | | Date Created: | 09-24-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117170 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070507 Original UID: 188778 FIRST WORD: McElwain | |
| 18: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 September 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2012, this 23-year-old defendant, who was certified to teach grades 6 through 12, could substitute teach for grades kindergarten through 12, and had been teaching part-time at two schools was indicted in the circuit court of Cook County for criminal acts committed when he was 14 or 15 years old. | | | | Date Created: | 09-24-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117669 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070596 Original UID: 188880 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 19: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 September 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This is an appeal from the dismissal of a counterclaim in an action to foreclose a reverse mortgage. Mary Muraida held title to her condominium unit in Oak Lawn pursuant to a 1991 land trust as to which defendant-appellant Standard Bank and Trust was trustee. On July 9, 2009, she entered into a reverse mortgage on the unit. | | | | Date Created: | 09-24-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117950 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070597 Original UID: 188881 FIRST WORD: Financial | |
| 20: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 September 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This environmental litigation concerns Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County. Plaintiff Lake Environmental, Inc., had engaged in asbestos cleanup work at the base. Its dispute with the Department of Public Health and its director, the defendants here, began in 2008, when the Department claimed that its regulations had been violated by plaintiffs cleanup efforts at the base. | | | | Date Created: | 09-24-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118110 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070598 Original UID: 188882 FIRST WORD: Lake | |
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