Yesterday, we reviewed the data on how the Second District criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court between 1990 and 2004 were distributed among the Second’s twelve counties. Today, we’re finishing our review, looking at the years 2005 to 2019.
In 2005, the Court decided four cases from Du Page county, two from Kane and
Last time, we reviewed how the Supreme Court’s civil cases from the Second District were distributed among the District’s Circuit Courts, and then compared each county’s share of the total cases to its share of the total population of the Second District. This week, we’re looking at the data for criminal cases.
In 1990, the
Last time, we began reviewing in five year increments the counties which produced the civil cases from the Second District which the Supreme Court decided between 1990 and 2004.
In 2005, the Court decided two cases from Lake county and one each from Du Page, McHenry, Ogle and Kane. In 2006, the Court decided three
Last week, we reviewed which Districts of the Appellate Court produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets. This week and in the weeks to come, we’ll be drilling down on those numbers to the trial courts. The last time we reviewed the county data eighteen months ago, we reviewed all the counties of Illinois
Yesterday, we reviewed the distribution of the Court’s criminal cases from 1990 to 2004. Today, we’re addressing the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court for the Court’s criminal cases from 2005 to 2019.
The Court’s criminal cases from the First District in the years 2005 to 2009 were up sharply to 94: 33 unattributed
Last time, we reviewed which Districts (and Divisions) of the Appellate Court produced the Supreme Court’s civil docket from 1990 to 2019. This week, we’re reviewing the sources of the criminal docket.
Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 93 criminal cases which originated in Chicago’s First District: we were unable to determine the Division
Last time, we reviewed the originating Districts of the Appellate Court for the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1990 and 2004. Today, we’re taking the numbers up to today.
For the years 2005 to 2009, the Court decided 87 cases in all which originated in Chicago’s First District – 14 from Division 1, 17 from
This week, we’re looking at a new topic in our ongoing review of the Court’s work: which Districts of the Appellate Court contributed the Supreme Court’s civil docket since 1990.
Between 1990 and 1994, the civil docket was far from evenly distributed, either among the Districts of the Appellate Court, or among the Divisions of
Yesterday, we addressed the court-wide data for the oral arguments in the criminal cases decided last year. Now, let’s dig down to the Justice-by-Justice numbers.
Long-time readers will know that historically, the most active questioner on the Court during oral arguments tends to be Justice Thomas. But last year on the criminal side, Justice Theis
In our last two posts, we took a close look at what the oral arguments data revealed for civil cases the Court decided last year. Today we’ll be looking at the Court’s criminal decisions for 2018.
On the civil side, the Court’s total questions were almost evenly split between appellants and appellees. The criminal side