Our next data set is the civil cases between 2000 and 2009 from the Third District.
Will County is by far the biggest county in the Third, with 43.25% of the population among the counties which contributed cases in this decade. Peoria County accounted for 11.91%. Rock Island was 9.42% and Tazewell was 8.64%. LaSalle
This week we’re reviewing the county-of-origin data for the civil docket for the years 2000 through 2009.
First, we compare the populations of the Second District counties which produced cases during the decade.
Du Page County had 30.58% of the population according to the 2010 census. Lake County had 23.46%. Kane County accounted for 17.19%
Finally, we come to the Fifth District, the largest District in terms of the total number of counties covered (18) and the next-to-smallest District by population, only a few thousand residents ahead of the Fourth District. St. Clair and Madison counties dominate the Fifth. Although they have over a half million residents between them, the
This time, we’re reviewing the geographic distribution of civil cases from the Fourth District during the 1990s.
The Fourth District has the largest number of counties of the three Districts we’ve reviewed so far – sixteen during this decade – but the lowest population, 440,000 less than the Third District and more than one and
With this post, we’re reviewing the distribution of civil cases from the Third District for the years 1990 through 1999. First, let’s look at the population distribution.
As of the 2000 census, the Third District was large geographically – encompassing fifteen counties – but small by population (only half the Second District). Will County accounted
Today we begin a new series, looking at the geographic origins of the Supreme Court’s civil docket from the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts of the Appellate Court. (If you’re wondering why we’re not addressing the First District, there’s only one county in the District, so it would make for a short post.)
Of
Today, we’re completing our trip through the reversal rates for the Districts of the Appellate Court, divided by areas of civil law. For this final post, we’re looking at the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts for the years 2010 through 2019.
The overall reversal rate for these districts was 100% in employment law, property
For the final phase of our review, we’re looking at the reversal rate at the Supreme Court in civil cases from the First District for the years 2010 through 2019.
We begin with the overall reversal rates for the First District, one area of civil law at a time. All of the contract, commercial law,
This time, we’re reviewing the reversal rates in civil cases, divided by the area of law, for the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts of the Appellate Court between 2000 and 2009.
Overall, 77.8% of employment law cases were reversed by the Supreme Court. The reversal rate for commercial law cases was 71.4%. Two-thirds of
Today, we’re continuing our review of civil reversal rates of the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court, divided by areas of civil law for the years 2000 through 2009.
Overall, the Supreme Court reversed 100% of the decisions from the First District in wills and estates law and arbitration. Four-fifths of domestic relations decisions