Quinn SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court, in a ruling Monday, unanimously upheld a job recovery bill signed into law by Gov. Patrick Quinn nearly two years ago.
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court, in a ruling last month, said that a version of the state's civil jury instructions does not accurately state Illinois law.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Magistrate Judge Byron Cudmore won't open records of private groups to class action lawyer Stephen Tillery unless the Illinois Supreme Court does.
Thomas SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a third amended complaint by a class of plaintiffs against power company Commonwealth Edison Company.
Garman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court has remanded a case in which a couple alleged various theories of liability in connection with the birth of their second child, who, like their first child, suffers from a rare genetic disease.
Freeman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that a Northbrook woman cannot continue with her lawsuit against American Airlines over a $40 baggage fee.
Knecht SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Defendants say they will appeal a recent McLean County jury's $90 million verdict in an asbestos conspiracy trial, but for practical purposes they already did.
Thomas SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that the City of Chicago was immune from liability after an escaping prisoner stole a police car, ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, injuring two people.
Tillery MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Fifth District appeals judges granted Stephen Tillery a fresh start on his $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris on Feb. 24.
Stack SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - A coming ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court could offer asbestos attorneys with a new group of plaintiffs.
Emanuel SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Supreme Court Justices put former White House staff chief Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor but haven't decided whether he can run.
Lousin With Democrats in firm control of state government, Abe Lincoln's stovepipe hat will likely not be needed to settle partisan gamesmanship that will shape the state's political landscape for the next 10 years.
Ternus DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Voters in Iowa ousted three state Supreme Court justices who helped make same-sex marriage in the state legal.
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)- As one of the most expensive single-candidate campaigns winds down in Illinois, Justice Thomas Kilbride's chief detractor defends his group's anti-retention effort.
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newline) - An Illinois Supreme Court race has become the nation's most expensive one-candidate retention election this decade, according to a public policy and law institute and a campaign group aimed at keeping courts fair.
Cueto SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Bi-State Development Agency commissioners anxiously wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether the agency enjoys the same protections from personal injury claims as cities and counties.
MT. VERNON, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - An employer who allows its workers to bring home clothing contaminated with asbestos fibers is responsible for any asbestos-related disease that worker or his immediate family members contract, an Illinois appeals court says.
Kilbride The demise of medical malpractice reform and the upcoming battle over legislative redistricting could factor into a key Illinois Supreme Court retention race in November.