Yesterday, we reviewed the areas of law involved in the criminal cases from Cook county – the only county in the First Appellate District – from 1990 to 2004. Today, we’re reviewing the numbers for the years 2005 to 2019.
The Court decided seven criminal procedure cases from Cook county in 2005, three cases each
Last week, we reviewed the areas of law involved in the Supreme Court’s Cook county civil cases. Today and tomorrow, we’re reviewing the criminal data.
In 1990, the Court decided a dozen death penalty cases from Cook county, six constitutional and six criminal procedure cases, one habeas corpus case and one involving property crimes (e.g.,
Last time, we reviewed the data on which areas of law were involved in the civil cases originating in Cook County which the Supreme Court decided from 1990 to 2004. This time, we’re looking at the years 2005 to 2019.
In 2005, the Supreme Court decided five constitutional law and five government/administrative law cases which
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
Last time, we reviewed the data tracking the incidence of Illinois’ death penalty cases between 1990 and 2000. In this post, we’re looking at the final years of Illinois’ death penalty, from 2001 to the Court’s last death penalty case in 2010.
Between 1990 and 2000, Cook County dominated the death penalty docket. By 2001,
As our examination of the geography of the Court’s docket continues, this post and next we’ll be looking at which counties accounted for the Court’s death penalty cases prior to abolition in July 2011.
Not surprisingly, Cook County accounted for the vast majority of the death sentences reviewed by the Court: twelve in 1990, six
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,
For the past eight weeks, we’ve been reviewing the data for which Circuit Courts accounted for each Appellate Court District’s Supreme Court cases from 1990 to 2019 (so far). This week, we’re reviewing the data on administrative boards, commissions and agencies.
In 1990, the Supreme Court decided three cases which originated at the ARDC Review
Last time, we reviewed the data on the origin counties for the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Fifth Appellate District from 1990 to 2004. Today, we’re looking at the data for the years 2005 to 2019.
The Court’s flow of criminal cases from the Fifth District has slowed somewhat in recent years. In 2005,
Last week, we reviewed the data on which trial courts accounted for the Supreme Court’s civil cases from the Fifth District from 1990 to 2019. This week, we’re reviewing the Court’s Fifth District criminal cases.
In 1990, the Court decided three cases from St. Clair, two from Madison county and one each from Jackson, Pope,