Yesterday, we took a closer look at last week’s analysis of the unanimity rate, asking how much of the docket was accounted for by one, two and three dissenter cases. Over the entire period 1990-2017, 12.86% of the criminal decisions had one dissenter, 10.65% had two – both slightly below the rate in civil cases … Continue Reading
Last week, we discussed the evolution of the Court’s rate of unanimity in civil cases. But of course, that analysis omits important variables – how was the dissent distributed? It tells us something very different if, for example, the entire group of divided decisions were 6-1 or 4-3. So this week, we’re looking at that … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we began our review of how the Court’s unanimity rate has changed over time with a review of the data for the civil docket. Today, we’re looking at the criminal docket. For the entire twenty-eight years, the Court has decided 1,540 cases and been unanimous in 67.86% – less than a point higher than … Continue Reading
This week, we’re turning our attention to a new issue, comparing the evolution of the Court’s unanimity rate in civil and criminal cases over time. Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided 1,363 civil cases, 67.06% of them unanimously. In Table 890, we report the yearly numbers from 1990 to 1996. In 1990, the Court’s … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we began a multi-day crossover post comparing the Illinois and California Supreme Courts’ civil (and later in the week, criminal) dockets, how they compare to each other and how they evolved over time. Today, we’re comparing the Courts’ dockets from 2004 to 2017. We showed last time that the Illinois Supreme Court decided 139 … Continue Reading
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 two courts’ … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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, … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Last week, we began our look at the Court’s recent history with tax cases and attorney disciplinary matters. This week, we’re taking a closer look, using four metrics: (1) does the Court tend to take cases in this area of law won by one side or the other more often; (2) is the Court more … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s docket of tax cases. Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s yearly attorney disciplinary cases. Between 1990 and 2017, the Court has decided forty-three attorney disciplinary cases. The Court decided ten attorney disciplinary cases in 1990, five in 1991, four in 1992, two in 1993, two in 1994 and one in 1995. … Continue Reading
For the last two weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at the Court’s docket of cases involving workers compensation on the civil side, and the elements of violent crimes on the criminal side. Today, we’re starting our look at two new topics: tax law and attorney disciplinary decisions. First, for the civil docket, we’re … Continue Reading
Last time, we took a close look at the Supreme Court’s cases involving workers compensation between 1990 and 2017. This time, we’re looking at the Court’s caseload involving the elements of violent crimes. For the entire period, 47.37% of the Court’s cases were won by the prosecution below. The Court reversed 48.15% of the cases … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the Court’s yearly docket of workers compensation cases on the civil side, and on the criminal side, cases involving the elements of violent crimes. This week, we’re taking a closer look at how the Court has handled both kinds of cases. Overall, the Court has decided fifty-nine workers compensation cases since … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s workers compensation caseload. Today, we’re in the criminal docket, reviewing the Court’s history with cases involving the elements of violent crimes. From 1990 to 2017, the Court decided fifty-seven cases in this area of law. The Court decided two cases involving the elements of violent crimes in 1991, six in … Continue Reading
For the past two weeks, we’ve been taking an intensive look at the Court’s history with domestic relations and juvenile justice cases. This week and next, we’re looking at workers compensation cases on the civil side, and on the criminal docket, cases involving the elements of violent crimes. The Court has decided fifty-nine workers compensation … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s recent history with domestic relations cases. Today, we’re over in the criminal docket, looking at juvenile justice cases. Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided eighty juvenile justice cases. Only a bit over half of those cases – 51.25% – were won by the defendant/juvenile below. The Court was slightly … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the yearly docket of domestic relations cases on the civil side and juvenile justice decisions on the criminal side. This week, we’re taking a deeper look at those two areas of law, looking both at the kinds of cases the Court has taken, what impact the winners below has on the … Continue Reading
