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,

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

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

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

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

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

Last time, we reviewed the originating Districts of the Appellate Court for the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1990 and 2004.  Today, we’re taking the numbers up to today.

For the years 2005 to 2009, the Court decided 87 cases in all which originated in Chicago’s First District – 14 from Division 1, 17 from