Last time, we reviewed the data on which areas of law were involved in the civil cases originating in Cook County which the Supreme Court decided from 1990 to 2004. This time, we’re looking at the years 2005 to 2019. In 2005, the Supreme Court decided five constitutional law and five government/administrative law cases which … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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, … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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, … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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, … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the data on which trial courts accounted for the Supreme Court’s civil cases from the Fifth District from 1990 to 2019. This week, we’re reviewing the Court’s Fifth District criminal cases. In 1990, the Court decided three cases from St. Clair, two from Madison county and one each from Jackson, Pope, … Continue Reading
In 2005, the Court decided two civil cases from Franklin county, two from Madison and one from St. Clair and Williamson. In 2006, the Court decided three cases from St. Clair and one each from Jackson, Jefferson, Madison and Perry counties. In 2007, the Court decided one case from Madison county and one from Montgomery. … Continue Reading
This week and next, we’re tracking the county Circuit Courts which accounted for the Supreme Court’s Fifth District civil and criminal cases between 1990 and 2019. We begin with the civil docket. The Fifth District is comprised of thirty-six counties in the southernmost part of Illinois, with a total population according to the 2010 census … Continue Reading
Today, we’re finishing our review of the county trial courts which accounted for the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Fourth District between 2005 and 2019 (to date). In 2005, the Court decided three cases each from Champaign and Macon counties, and one apiece from Adams, Sangamon and Vermilion. In 2006, the Court decided two … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the county-by-county data for the Supreme Court’s Fourth District civil cases. This week, we’re looking at the criminal side of the docket. In 1990, the Supreme Court decided one criminal case each from Macon, McLean and Vermilion counties. The following year, the Court decided only one criminal case from the Fourth, … Continue Reading
In 2005, the Court decided two civil cases from Sangamon county and one from Vermilion. In 2006, the Court decided two Sangamon county cases and one each from McLean, Menard and Scott counties. In 2007, the Court decided two cases from Sangamon and one from Piatt and Pike. In 2008, the Court decided four cases … Continue Reading
This week and next, our District-by-District analysis of the originating counties for the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets continues with a look at the Fourth District. The Fourth District contains thirty counties: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Greene, Jersey, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Mason, McLean, Menard, … Continue Reading
Today, we continue our trip through the data for the trial courts which produced the Supreme Court’s Third District criminal cases between 2005 and 2019. The Court decided three criminal cases from Will county in 2005, two in Grundy and Kankakee and one each in Henry, Rock Island and Warren counties. In 2006, the Court … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the data on which county trial courts accounted for the Third District civil cases decided by the Supreme Court since 1990. This week, we’re looking at the data for the criminal cases. In 1990, the Supreme Court decided three cases from Will county, two from Rock Island county and one each … Continue Reading
In 2005, the Supreme Court decided one civil case each from Henry, Peoria and Rock Island counties. In 2005, the Court decided two cases from Rock Island and one from LaSalle and Peoria. In 2007, the Court decided two cases from Will county and one from Knox, Rock Island and Tazewell. In 2008, the Court … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed the data on where, county by county, the Second District’s civil and criminal cases originated. This week and next, we’re looking at the data for the Third District. There are twenty-one counties in all in Illinois’ Third District: Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Kankakee, Knox, LaSalle, Marshall, McDonough, Mercer, … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we reviewed the data on how the Second District criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court between 1990 and 2004 were distributed among the Second’s twelve counties. Today, we’re finishing our review, looking at the years 2005 to 2019. In 2005, the Court decided four cases from Du Page county, two from Kane and … Continue Reading
Last time, we reviewed how the Supreme Court’s civil cases from the Second District were distributed among the District’s Circuit Courts, and then compared each county’s share of the total cases to its share of the total population of the Second District. This week, we’re looking at the data for criminal cases. In 1990, the … Continue Reading
Last time, we began reviewing in five year increments the counties which produced the civil cases from the Second District which the Supreme Court decided between 1990 and 2004. In 2005, the Court decided two cases from Lake county and one each from Du Page, McHenry, Ogle and Kane. In 2006, the Court decided three … Continue Reading
Last week, we reviewed which Districts of the Appellate Court produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets. This week and in the weeks to come, we’ll be drilling down on those numbers to the trial courts. The last time we reviewed the county data eighteen months ago, we reviewed all the counties of Illinois … Continue Reading
Yesterday, we reviewed the distribution of the Court’s criminal cases from 1990 to 2004. Today, we’re addressing the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court for the Court’s criminal cases from 2005 to 2019. The Court’s criminal cases from the First District in the years 2005 to 2009 were up sharply to 94: 33 unattributed … Continue Reading
Last time, we reviewed which Districts (and Divisions) of the Appellate Court produced the Supreme Court’s civil docket from 1990 to 2019. This week, we’re reviewing the sources of the criminal docket. Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 93 criminal cases which originated in Chicago’s First District: we were unable to determine the Division … Continue Reading
