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,
The Court’s docket of government and administrative law cases is up a bit over the past six years, increasing to forty cases: seven in 2014, eight in 2015, eleven in 2016, nine in 2017, four in 2018 and one (up to early May) in 2019.
Nineteen of the Court’s cases were won by the government
Cases involving government and administrative law fell substantially between 2006 to 2013. During those eight years, the Court decided thirty-eight cases: eight in 2006, four in 2007, one in 2008, five in 2009, two in 2010, seven in 2011, five in 2012 and six in 2013.
The Court decided twenty cases won by the defender
Between 1998 and 2005, the Court decided a total of fifty-four cases involving government officers, agencies and powers: five per year in 1998, 1999 and 2000, six in 2001, eight in 2002, ten in 2003, eight in 2004 and seven in 2005.
Two-thirds of those government/admin cases were won at the Appellate Court by the
Today, we begin our analysis of one of the Court’s most common areas on concern – cases involving governmental entities and administrative law. As usual, we’ll begin with the first eight years – 1990-1997.
Between 1990 and 1997, the Court decided forty-eight cases which involved governmental entities and officers and administrative law: nine in 1990,