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Appointed appellate Justice Boie seeks first full term
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District Appellate Court Mark M. Boie of Union County, appointed to his seat last spring, said during a recent interview that he plans to run for his first full term in part to continue his hard work on the appellate bench. -
Move to develop class action over $25 vehicle registration fee fails as appeals panel affirms lower court decision
MT. VERNON - An attempt to develop a class action over how a vehicle registration fee was included in purchase documents has failed after an appeals court affirmed a lower court's decision to throw out the action. -
Illinois Supreme Court will allow Bayer to appeal personal jurisdiction rulings in Madison County Essure cases
The Illinois Supreme Court will allow appeals from Bayer Corp., which is challenging mass action suits involving more than 150 non-Illinoisans over its contraceptive device Essure. -
Appellate court finds Madison County judge prematurely found father to be unfit
MOUNT VERNON -- The Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed Madison County Associagte Judge Martin Mengarellis in a ruling in which a father was declared unfit. -
Fifth District rules post-judgment motion in FOIA case was untimely and hould not have been granted
A lower court didn’t have jurisdiction 30 days after it entered into a final judgment, the Appellate Court of Illinois in the Fifth District determined as it ruled on a case concerning a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. -
Boie announces run for Fifth District appellate seat currently held by Chapman
Justice Mark M. Boie announced his candidacy for a seat at the Fifth District Appellate Court currently held by Justice Melissa Chapman, who will retire effective Oct. 1. -
Appeals court upholds conviction of male masseuse who sexually assaulted female clients at Edwardsville shop
MOUNT VERNON -- A state appellate court has upheld the criminal sexual assault conviction of a male masseuse accused of violating female clients. -
Menards owes $20K to southern IL man accused of shoplifting, after denying in legal brief man was innocent
The legal doctrine of absolute privilege could not protect Menards from paying out $20,000 to a man wrongly accused of shoplifting, because the company disputed his innocence in later legal filing, judges said. -
Retired judge Wharton to serve remainder of Chapman's term at Fifth District
Former St. Clair County circuit judge Milton S. Wharton will temporarily fill the seat of Fifth District Appellate Court Justice Melissa Chapman, who is retiring Oct. 2. -
Seventh Circuit upholds dismissal of Lavite's case against Madison County officials over admin building ban
CHICAGO — Current and former Madison County officials did not violate a veterans assistance superintendent's constitutional rights when he was banned from the county's administration building in 2015, a federal appeals court affirmed last month. -
$4.3 million FACTA class certified in St. Clair Co. – after New York court expressed doubts – reversed at Fifth District
MOUNT VERNON – Former St. Clair County circuit judge Vincent Lopinot failed to ask necessary questions before approving settlement of a class action against Body Shop stores, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6. -
Judgment against Cerro Flow reversed at Fifth District; Sanction was ‘unwarranted disregard of court authority’
MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson improperly granted judgment against metal recycler Cerro Flow Products as a sanction in a discovery dispute, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6. -
Chapman’s upcoming retirement could leave Fifth District balance exact opposite from when she joined
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District appellate court Justice Melissa Chapman will retire on Oct. 1, leaving a single Democrat on a bench where that party held six of seven seats upon her arrival 18 years ago. -
St. Clair has 35 times as many civil actions than Monroe, Fifth District says plaintiff should sue where she lives
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District appellate judges directed Twentieth Circuit Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson to transfer a shopper’s suit against Schnuck Markets from St. Clair County to Monroe County. -
Appeals panel overturns summary judgment in debt dispute
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has ruled that a dispute about a six-figure loan was not sufficiently resolved in circuit court. -
Fifth District rules Illinois Eastern Community Colleges trustees can be sued
MOUNT VERNON — The Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court has determined Illinois Eastern Community Colleges trustees can be sued under the Illinois False Claims Act. -
Appeals court rules holding cell graffiti is not admissible evidence
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has decided that a judge was not wrong to exclude graffiti evidence from a murder trial. -
Fifth District declines to restore convicted felon's paternal rights
MOUNT VERNON — The Fifth District Appellate Court has turned down a recently released felon's request for parental rights over a child whom he has barely seen and does not support. -
Fifth District affirms Mudge's ruling denying transfer in legal malpractice suit
MOUNT VERNON – The Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed Madison County Chief Judge William Mudge’s order denying transfer in a legal malpractice suit alleging a medical malpractice case was negligently voluntarily dismissed. -
Fifth District affirms Dugan's ruling for IDOT in suit involving fatal Madison County crash
MOUNT VERNON -- In a case with its roots in a fatal traffic collision nearly two decades ago, the Fifth District Appellate Court has ruled in favor of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) despite failures by the agency to follow rules relating to expert witnesses and discovery.