After reading this shout-out to our ongoing series of posts, both here and at the California Supreme Court Review, tracing how the courts’ civil and criminal dockets have evolved over time, I thought it was time for another cross-over series, both here and at CSCR.
So, today and tomorrow, we’re looking at the
Yesterday, we took a close look at the Court’s arbitration cases since 1990. Today, we’re on the criminal side of the docket, looking at the Court’s cases involving property crimes. Less than a third of the Court’s property crime cases were won by the prosecution below – only 31.58%. Oddly, the Court reversed 83.33% of
Last week, we turned our attention to two new two areas of law in our ongoing review of the Court’s decision making – on the civil side, arbitration cases, and on the criminal side, cases involving property crimes. Today, we’re taking a more in-depth look at the Court’s arbitration decisions.
Since 1990, a lopsided proportion
Last time, we reviewed the Court’s experience with arbitration law cases since 1990. Now we’re reviewing the Court’s decisions involving property crimes (burglary, forgery, etc.) Since 1990, the Court has decided nineteen cases involving property crime issues.
The Court decided two cases in 1990, one in 1991 and three in 1992.
The Court decided one
This week, we’re turning our attention to two new areas of law in the Court’s civil and criminal dockets: arbitration law and cases involving property crimes. Since 1990, the Court has decided seventeen cases involving arbitration law.
The Court decided one arbitration case in 1991, two in 1992 and one in 1995.
The Court decided
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year numbers for the Illinois Supreme Court’s history with two new areas of the law: civil cases involving employment law and criminal cases involving sexual offenses. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the sexual offense cases.
Since 1990, fifty-five percent of the criminal sexual offense cases which the Court
Last week, we reviewed the Supreme Court’s docket in two new areas of law: employment on the civil side and cases involving sexual offenses on the criminal side. This week, we’re taking a deeper look at both areas of law.
In employment law, the Court’s docket has been evenly split between cases won by the
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s yearly docket of employment law cases over on the civil side. Today, we’re in the criminal docket – how many cases does the Court decide per year involving sexual offenses? Since 1990, the Court has decided thirty-seven criminal cases involving sexual offense issues.
The Court decided one case in 1990,
This week, we’re beginning our review of the Court’s history with two new areas of law: employment law on the civil side, and prosecutions for sex offenses on the criminal side.
Since 1990, the Court has decided only twenty-four cases primarily involving issues of employment law. We review the year-by-year data below. The Court decided
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s experience since 1990 with tax law cases. Today, we’re looking at the Court’s history with attorney disciplinary cases. For the entire period, the Court decided 40 disciplinary cases. Attorney challengers won 55% of the cases the Court heard below. The Court reversed cases won by attorney challengers 45.45% of the