Yesterday, we looked at how often governmental entities have appeared as parties in civil cases at the Illinois Supreme Court.  Today, we address the governmental entities’ winning percentage.

Governmental entities won sixty percent of the time in 1990 as petitioners.  They won half the time in 1991, 60% in 1992 and 50% in 1993.  In 1994, petitioners won two thirds of the time.  In 1995, petitioners won 69.23% of the time.  Governmental entities’ winning percentage spiked briefly to 85.71% in 1996 and 83.33% in 1998, but was 75% in 1999, 60% in 2000, 72.73% in 2001, 58.33% in 2002, 57.14% in 2003 and 61.11% in 2004.

In Table 564, we review the winning percentage of government entities as respondents.  Government entities won 45.45% of the time in 1990 and 30% of the time in 1991, 72.73% in 1992 and 40% of the time in 1993.

Respondents’ winning percentage was fairly stable for the rest of the period: 55.56% in 1994; 40% in 1995, 57.14% in 1996, 50% in 1997, 52.94% in 1998, 42.86% in 1999, two-thirds in 2000 and 83.33% in 2001.  Governmental entities won no cases as respondents in 2002, but one-third in 2003 and 42.86% in 2004.

We review the parties’ data for the years 2006 through 2016 below.  Petitioners won 45.45% of the time as appellants in 2005, 54.55% in 2006, 71.43% in 2007 and two-thirds in 2008.  The Court decided 87.5% of its cases as petitioners in 2009, two-thirds in 2010, 55.56% in 2011, 77.78% in 2012, 61.54% in 2013 and 80% in 2014.  Petitioners won only 45.46% of the time in 2015, but two-thirds in 2016.

The Court won 83.33% of its cases as respondent in 2005.  The Court won 54.55% in 2006, 90% in 2007 about 45.45% in 2008, 55.56% in 2009 and two-thirds in 2010.  The Court decided 85.71% of its cases as respondents in 2011.  The Court decided only 42.86% of the Court’s cases in 2012 and one-third in 2013, but 83.33% in 2014.  The Court decided only 28.57% of its cases as respondent as respondents in 2015, and two-thirds in 2016.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we begin reviewing the data for the Court’s criminal docket.

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