In 2005, the Supreme Court decided four cases which originated in the Industrial Commission (renamed, effective January 1, 2005, as the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission.  The Court decided six one-off administrative law cases, originating at the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, the state Department of Employment Security, the Secretary of State, the state Labor Relations Board, the Rockford County Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the Matteson Police Pension Fund.  In 2006, the Court decided three workers compensation cases and single cases from the Chicago Heights Police Pension Board, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, the state Board Elections, the Illinois Department of Human Services and the state Department of Public Health.

In 2007, the Court decided four cases from the Board of Election Commissions of the City of Chicago and one each from the City of North Chicago Police Pension Board, the Industrial Commission, the Labor Relations Board, the Motor Vehicle Review Board, and Municipal Retirement Fund and the Illinois Pollution Control Board.  In 2008, the Court decided one case each from the state Commerce Commission, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the state Labor Relations Board, the State Board of Education and the Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board.  In 2009, the Court decided one case apiece from the Roselle Police Pension Board, the Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General, the state Board of Elections, the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the state Human Rights Commission and the Industrial Commission.

In 2010, the Supreme Court decided two cases from the Illinois Department of Revenue, one from the state Board of Education, one from the Industrial Commission and one from the Board of Trustees of the General Assembly Retirement System.  In 2011, the Court decided nine single cases from nine different administrative entities: the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners; the Board of Review of the Illinois Department of Employment Security; the City of Country Club Hills Police Pension Board; the Cook County Employee Appeals Board; the Cook County Collector; the state Board of Elections; the Illinois Department of Revenue; the state Educational Labor Relations Board; and the Illinois Pollution Control Board.  In 2012, the Court decided two cases originating at the Orland Fire Protection District’s Board of Trustees and one each from the Chicago Department of Transportation, the Cook County Board of Election Commissioners, the state Department of Professional Regulation, the state Environmental Protection Agency and the St. Clair County Electoral Board.

In 2013, the Court decided two cases from the Illinois Department of Revenue and two from the Industrial Commission, and one each from the Cook County Commission on Human Rights, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, the Illinois Pollution Control Board and the Retirement Board of the Firemen’s Annuity and Retirement Benefit Fund of Chicago.  In 2014, the Supreme Court decided one case each from the Education Officers Electoral Board; the Illinois Commerce Commission; the Illinois Department of Public Health; the Illinois Liquor Control Commission; the Kendall County Freedom of Information Act Officer; and the Retirement Board of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

In 2015, the Supreme Court decided one case each from the Board of Trustees of the Vernon Hills Police Pension Fund; the East St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners; the Illinois Commerce Commission; the Illinois Department of Public Health; the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board and the Industrial Commission.  In 2016, the Court decided only one administrative case, which originated in the Illinois Commerce Commission.  In 2017, the Court decided seven one-offs in administrative law originating in the office of the Illinois Attorney General; the Bartonville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; the Champaign County Board of Review; the Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings; the Department of Children and Family Services; the state Commerce Commission and the Illinois High School Association. 

The Court decided no civil administrative law cases in 2018.  So far in 2019, the Court has decided two such cases, one each from the Illinois Pollution Control Board and the Secretary of State.

Join us back here later this week as we take a look at the Court’s death penalty cases from 1990 to abolition of the death penalty in 2011.

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