In our last post, we began our discussion of where in the state the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil docket has come from over the past fifteen years, beginning with population figures for 2000 and 2010, and including also the data from 2000-2004.
For the second five years of the study period, the Court’s civil caseload was:
Towards the end of this second five-year period, Cook County cases became a slightly less prominent part of the Court’s civil docket, while cases from Will and Du Page Counties were on a small upswing. Government cases from Sangamon County also became slightly more common.
In our next post, we’ll consider the geographic sources of the Court’s docket for the final five years of our study period, 2010-2014.
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[1] Jurisdictions accounting for one civil case each in 2005 were St. Clair, Monroe, Williamson, Peoria, Kane, Rock Island, Vermilion, Ogle and Henry Counties, as well as the Illinois State Labor Relations Board.
[2] Jurisdictions accounting for one civil case each in 2006 were Du Page, Winnebago, Kendall, Madison, McLean, Jefferson, Peoria, Kane, Coles, Perry, Jackson, Menard and Scott Counties.
[3] Jurisdictions accounting for one civil case each in 2007 were Du Page, Winnebago, Madison, Tazewell, Peoria, Knox, Rock Island, Lee, Piatt, Pike and Montgomery Counties, as well as the Illinois State Labor Relations Board, the Property Tax Appeal Board and the Pollution Control Board.
[4] Jurisdictions accounting for one civil case each in 2008 were St. Clair, Adams, Madison, Macon, Champaign, McLean, Peoria and Kane Counties, as well as the Illinois Commerce Commission and the State Labor Relations Board.
[5] Jurisdictions accounting for one civil case each in 2009 were Sangamon, Winnebago, Williamson, Edgar, Vermilion, Marion, Grundy, Clinton, Fayette and Cumberland Counties, and the Illinois Human Resources Board and State Elections Board.