Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Karmeier has participated in 109 tort cases. He has voted for defendants in 73 of those cases and for plaintiffs 36 times. Between 2005 and 2008, he voted for defendants in 23 cases and for plaintiffs 15 times. Between 2009 and 2012, he voted for defendants 26 times and … Continue Reading
Through the end of 2019, Justice Thomas had voted in 141 tort cases. He voted for defendants in 93 of those cases and voted for plaintiffs 48 times. Justice Thomas’ voting patterns in tort cases have remained relatively stable throughout his tenure. From 2001 to 2004, he voted 30 times for defendants, 16 for plaintiffs. … Continue Reading
We’ve seen over the past several posts that tort defendants have fared well at the Court in the years since 1990. Justice Kilbride has been in the minority of many of these cases since 2001. For the years 2001 to 2019, Justice Kilbride has voted for tort defendants’ position in 73 cases while voting against … Continue Reading
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Court’s thirty year record in civil tort cases – defendants’ overall won-loss records, the frequency with which the Court affirms (or reverses) defendants’ wins from the Appellate Court, and the frequency with which the Court reverses (or affirms) decisions lost by defendants below. Now let’s take … Continue Reading
Tort defendants continued to fare quite well at the Supreme Court over the past ten years, winning 41 cases while losing 23. Defendants won nine of twelve cases in 2011, seven of ten in 2012, six of seven in 2015 and five of seven in 2017. The Court reviewed relatively few decisions where defendants prevailed … Continue Reading
Tort defendants had another good decade before the Supreme Court during the years 2000 to 2009, winning 64 cases and losing 42. In 2001, defendants won eight of nine cases. In 2004, tort defendants went 10-3. In 2009, defendants won six of eight. In our next Table, we review the data on how tort defendants … Continue Reading
Today, we’re beginning our review of voting records for a new area of law – tort. Today and next week, we’ll be working our way through the data showing how tort defendants have fared at the Appellate Court since 1990: total wins and losses; wins from the Appellate Court affirmed (and reversed); and losses from … Continue Reading
Today, because insurer cases have been comparatively uncommon in recent years, we’re reviewing our final two sets of Justices’ voting records in a single post. First, Justice Theis. Since joining the Court, Justice Theis has participated in ten civil cases involving insurers as named parties, supporting the insurers in six of those cases and voting … Continue Reading
We continue our analysis of the individual Justices’ voting records in insurance law cases with Chief Justice Burke. During her tenure, the Chief Justice has sat on 24 civil cases involving insurer parties. She has split her votes down the middle: 12 votes for the insurer, 12 votes against. Those totals hold even when we … Continue Reading
Today, we’re continuing our seven-part post analyzing the individual Justices’ voting records in civil cases involving insurer parties. Justice Karmeier joined the Court in 2005. Since that time, he has supported the insurer’s position in 18 civil cases, while opposing the insurer in 14 cases. From 2005 to 2008, he voted for insurers in 11 … Continue Reading
Today, we address the voting record of Justice Thomas throughout his entire tenure on the Court in civil cases involving an insurer party. Since 2001, Justice Thomas has voted for insurers’ position in 23 civil cases while voting against insurers 20 times. From 2001 to 2010, Justice Thomas voted for insurers 18 times to 15 … Continue Reading
Last week, we began our seven-post series, reviewing each Justice’s voting record by the area of law involved – first up, insurance law cases. In our first Table, we show Justice Kilbride’s year-by-year votes for and against the position of insurer parties in civil cases. Since 2001, Justice Kilbride has split his votes evenly – … Continue Reading
Today, we begin a seven-post series, reviewing how each Justice has voted in insurer cases overall. First up is the Court’s senior Justice, Justice Rita Garman. In our first table, we report Justice Garman’s votes for and against insurer parties in civil insurance law cases. Since 2001, Justice Garman has voted for insurers in twenty-three … Continue Reading
Today, we’re reviewing the overall data for the most recent decade in the Court’s insurance law decisions. From 2010 to 2019, insurers won six and lost eight as parties to civil cases. They were 1-3 in 2010, 1-2 in 2013 and 0-2 in 2018, 1-0 in 2011, 2012 and 2019. Insurers won virtually none of … Continue Reading
We continue our review of the how insurers have fared at the Supreme Court, this time reviewing the years 2000 to 2009. For the decade, insurers did reasonably well, winning nineteen cases while losing fourteen. Between 2005 and 2008, insurers won eleven cases while losing only five. As we saw last time, defending wins from … Continue Reading
Today we’re beginning a multi-part post, emphasizing how the insurance industry has fared over the past thirty years at the Illinois Supreme Court. Later this week, we’ll begin a similar series over at the California Supreme Court Review. First, we report the most basic number of all – insurer parties’ won-lost record at the Supreme … Continue Reading
Average votes to affirm for criminal cases from the Fifth District in 1990 was 4.22. The average was 5.5 in 1991, 0.6 in 1992, 2 in 1993, 3.2 in 1994, 7 in 1995, 4.33 in 1996, 4.67 in 1997, 2.33 in 1998 and 4 in 1999. Average votes to affirm was 3.75 in 2000, 7 … Continue Reading
Today, we’re reviewing the yearly average votes to affirm decisions of the Fourth District in criminal cases. The average votes to affirm was zero in 1990, 7 in 1991, 5.25 in 1992, 2.33 in 1993, 4.25 in 1994, 2 in 1995, 1.33 in 1996, 2.56 in 1997, 5.5 in 1998 and 0.67 in 1999. Average … Continue Reading
The average votes to affirm the Third District in criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court in 1990 was 2.25. The average was 2.86 in 1991, 1 in 1992, 4.67 in 1993, 3.5 in 1994, 3.8 in 1995, 3.33 in 1996, 1.17 in 1997, 1 in 1998 and 4 in 1999. The average was 3.75 … Continue Reading
This time, as we continue our series tracking average votes to affirm every District and Division of the Appellate Court in criminal cases, we review the data on Second District cases. The 1990s began at a low point for Second District cases, with an average votes to affirm of only 0.25. In 1991, average votes … Continue Reading
The Court decided no criminal cases from Division Six of the First District in 1990, 1994 or 1997. Average votes to affirm Division Six was 3.5 in 1991, zero in 1992, 7 in 1993, 3.5 in 1995, 6 in 1996, zero in 1998 and 1 in 1999. The Court decided no criminal cases from Division … Continue Reading
In 1990, average votes to affirm Division Five of the First District in criminal cases was 6.5. From there, the average fell sharply: 2.5 in 1991, 1.75 in 1992, 3 in 1994 and 1 in 1995. In 1996, average votes to affirm was 4. There were no criminal cases from Division Five in 1993, 1997 … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court decided no criminal cases which came from Division Four of the First District in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 or 1999. Average votes to affirm was 7 in 1990, 6 in 1992, 2 in 1995, zero in 1996 and 4.33 in 1997. The Court decided no criminal cases from Division Four in 2001, … Continue Reading
This week, as we continue to review the data from the Court’s criminal decisions, we’re reviewing the yearly average votes to affirm criminal decisions from Division Three of the First District. In 1990 and 1991, average votes to affirm was zero. It was 2.2 in 1992, 6 in 1993, 1.33 in 1994 and 2.5 in … Continue Reading
