Last week, we completed our comparative look at the sources of appellate jurisdiction in the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets. We demonstrated that although the Court’s civil docket is heavily inclined towards final judgments, review of interlocutory orders is by no means uncommon. Interlocutory orders are even more numerous on the criminal side
Sources of Appellate Jurisdiction on the Criminal Docket of the Illinois Supreme Court, 2010-2015
Today we conclude our review of the data on the sources of appellate jurisdiction on the civil and criminal dockets of the Illinois Supreme Court between 2000 and 2015. We’ve shown that in a typical year, final judgments comprise between fifty-five and seventy percent of the Court’s civil docket, although that figure has at times
Sources of Appellate Jurisdiction on the Civil Docket of the Illinois Supreme Court, 2010-2015
For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the sources of appellate jurisdiction on the civil and criminal dockets of the Illinois Supreme Court, analyzing how heavily the Court inclines to reviewing final over interlocutory decisions. We’ve shown that throughout its recent history, although appeals from final judgments under Supreme Court Rule 301 form
Sources of Appellate Jurisdiction on the Criminal Docket of the Illinois Supreme Court, 2005-2009
Last week, we showed that during the first five years of our study period, review of final decisions was not the dominant feature of the Illinois Supreme Court’s criminal docket (at least to the degree it dominated the civil docket). Yesterday, we discussed the data from the civil docket between 2005 and 2009. Now, we
Sources of Appellate Jurisdiction on the Civil Docket of the Illinois Supreme Court, 2005-2009
Last week, we began the latest phase of our analysis of the decision making of the Illinois Supreme Court by looking at the question of whether the Court prefers to review final decisions from the trial courts rather than interlocutory orders. [1] We found that during the years 2000-2004, appeals brought under Supreme Court Rule
Sources of Appellate Jurisdiction Before the Illinois Supreme Court, 2000-2004
Yesterday, we announced the expansion of our data library on the work of the Illinois Supreme Court to encompass all of the Court’s decisions since January 1, 2000 – civil, criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary. Today, we begin the next phase of our analysis of the Court’s work.
We begin by revisiting one of the first
1,493 Opinions, 89,400 Data Points – Our Illinois Supreme Court Data Library Expands
Today, we announce a major expansion of the data library that powers The Illinois Supreme Court Review. For the past year, our analysis of the Illinois Supreme Court’s work has been based upon a data library consisting of the 620 civil cases decided by the Court since January 1, 2000.
For the past several months,
Criminal Arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court, Part VII: Justices Karmeier and Theis
For the past few weeks, we’ve been concluding our quick trip through the oral arguments in criminal cases decided at the Illinois Supreme Court during 2015 by looking at the Justices’ question patterns, one-by-one, to determine what we can infer about the result and opinion writing. Today, we conclude our analysis with a look at
Criminal Arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court, Part VI: Justice Freeman, Chief Justice Garman and Justice Thomas
Today we continue our Justice-by-Justice review of the questioning patterns for criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary cases decided during 2015, checking our conclusions against our work in the summer and fall with civil cases decided since 2008. Today, we review the data for Justice Freeman, Chief Justice Garman and Justice Thomas, working our way from left
ISCR Post No. 100: Justice By Justice In Criminal Arguments at the Illinois Supreme Court (Part V)
For the past several weeks, we’ve been doing a quick review of oral arguments in cases decided by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2015, evaluating whether the Justices’ questioning patterns differ from their civil arguments. Today, we finish our aggregate statistics and make a start on our Justice-by-Justice comparisons.
In Table 121 below, we see