Last week, we wrapped up our review of the areas of law addressed by the Illinois Supreme Court in its civil and criminal dockets, year by year from 2000 through 2015. Today we begin a new topic – dissents at the Appellate Court. One frequently hears that there’s little chance of getting a PLA granted
What Areas of the Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2013-2015)?
Today, we conclude our trip through the areas of law from which the Illinois Supreme Court has drawn its civil and criminal dockets over the past sixteen years with our review of the years 2013-2015.
As you can see from the Table below, the striking thing about the Court’s civil docket in 2013 was its
What Areas of Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2010-2012)?
For the past two weeks, we’ve been tracking the areas of law covered in the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets since 2000. This week, we’ll conclude this issue, beginning with a look at the years 2010-2012.
We begin with the year-by-year figures for the two leading subjects on each side of the docket.
What Areas of Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2007-2009)?
Yesterday, we continued our examination of the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets, addressing the areas of law on both sides of the docket in 2005 and 2006. Today, we turn to the next three years, 2007-2009.
Tort cases were down slightly in 2007, both as a fraction of the civil docket (19.51%) and
What Areas of Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2005-2006)?
Last week, we began our review of the principal areas of law from which the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets have been drawn, addressing the years 2000 through 2004. Today, we continue our investigation with the second five years of our period – 2005 through 2009.
In Table 201 below, we chart the
What Areas of Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2002-2004)?
Yesterday, we began our review of the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets, analyzing the primary areas of the law from which the Court’s caseload is drawn. Today, we address the years 2002-2004.
The civil docket data for 2002 is reported in Table 195 below. Tort law was up substantially from 2001 to 2002,
What Areas of Law Does the Illinois Supreme Court Draw Its Docket From (2000-2001)?
Last week, we finished comparing where in the state the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets have been drawn from between 2000 and 2015. Today, we begin a new subject, comparing the two dockets by the area of law involved.
In Table 190 below, we report the data for the two leading areas of law
Where Does the Illinois Supreme Court’s Docket Originate (2013-2015)?
Yesterday, we continued our review of the geographic origins of the Illinois Supreme Court’s docket with a look at the Court’s civil and criminal caseload in the years 2010-2012. Today, we conclude our analysis with a look at the past three years, 2013-2015.
The Court’s civil docket from Cook County dropped from 19 cases in
Where Does the Illinois Supreme Court’s Docket Originate (2010-2012)?
Last week, we compared the geographical sources of the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets during the years 2005-2009. Today, we begin our examination of the following six years of our period of study, 2010-2016.
Two-thirds of the civil docket in 2010 arose from Cook County – 22 cases in all. Kane and Sangamon
The Illinois Supreme Court In 2015: A Statistical Analysis
Originally published on Law360, Feb. 3, 2016. Posted with permission.
For the past three years, we’ve taken a close statistical look at the previous year’s decisions from the Illinois Supreme Court to see what insights could be gained about the justices’ voting patterns and decision making dynamics. (View the 2012 analysis here, 2013