Last week, we reviewed the data on which counties accounted for the Supreme Court’s death penalty cases between 1990 and the final case before abolition in 2010.  This week, we’re looking at the Cook county docket – what areas of law did the Cook county cases fall in?

In 1990, the Court decided ten tort cases from Cook county, ten civil procedure cases, five constitutional law cases, three commercial law and government/administrative law cases and one case each in contract law, domestic relations, election law, insurance law and workers compensation.  IN 1991, the Court decided eight tort law cases, three civil procedure cases, two cases each in constitutional law, contract and insurance law, and one case each in arbitration, commercial law, corporate law, domestic relations and wills and estates.  In 1992, the Court decided nine cases in tort law, six in constitutional and government law, five in civil procedure, three in insurance law, two in consumer law and one each in arbitration, commercial law, election law and employment law.  In 1993, the Court decided six tort cases, five civil procedure cases, three insurance law cases, two constitutional law cases and one case each in commercial law, insurance law, wills and estates and workers compensation.  In 1994, the Court decided eight cases each in civil procedure and tort law, six cases in constitutional law, three in government law, two each in domestic relations, insurance law and tax law and one property law case.

In 1995, the Court decided nine tort cases, seven civil procedure cases, two insurance and workers compensation cases and one case each in contract law, environmental law, government law, property law and wills and estates.  In 1996, the Court decided nine tort law cases, seven constitutional law cases and one case each in civil procedure, commercial law, contract law, domestic relations, employment law, property law and tax law.  In 1997, the Court decided a dozen tort cases, six civil procedure cases, five insurance law cases, two constitutional law cases and one case each in arbitration, commercial law, contract law, employment law, government law and property law.  In 1998, the Court decided ten tort cases, five civil procedure cases, four constitutional law cases, two cases in arbitration, employment law, government law and workers compensation.  Finally, the Court decided one contract law case and one tax law case.  In 1999, the Court decided six tor cases, three constitutional law cases, two cases each in civil procedure, government law and workers compensation and one each in employment law, insurance, property law and wills & estates.

In 2000, the Court decided four cases each in civil procedure and tort law, three in government law, two in insurance law and one case each in constitutional law, contract law, domestic relations, property law, tax and workers comp.  In 2001, the Court decided seven civil procedure cases from Cook county, four in constitutional law, three each in property law and tort, two each in employment law and insurance law and one case in arbitration, consumer law and government law.  In 2002, the Court decided six tort cases from Cook county, five government/administrative law cases, three civil procedure, two constitutional law and one case each in domestic relations, employment relations, insurance law, property law, wills and estates and workers compensation.  In 2003, the Court decided four con law cases, three each in domestic relations, government law, insurance and tort and one secured transactions case.  In 2004, the Court decided eight tort cases, four constitutional law cases, three government law cases, two in arbitration and contract law and one case each in civil procedure, domestic relations, insurance law and workers comp.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review the Court’s Cook county civil cases for the years 2005 to 2019.

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