Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld and attorney Barry Julian filed nominating petitions on Monday for a judicial vacancy that just one-third of county voters will decide in November.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan dismissed a class action complaint of label litigator Spencer Sheehan on March 17, as the fourth federal judge to disappoint Sheehan in 29 days.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Petroff Trucking owners dissolved the company while defending a claim that they destroyed 15 acres of wetlands along Cahokia Canal, according to the U.S. justice department.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Casino Queen employees lack standing to sue former casino president Jeffrey Watson over the collapse of their stock ownership plan because they suffered no harm, Watson claimed at U.S. district court on Feb. 25.
SPRINGFIELD – Michael Kasper of Chicago, who rescued three St. Clair County judges from likely denial of retention in 2016, represents legislators defending a law that tilted the scales of justice in Madison County toward Democrats.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Former Casino Queen owners Charles Bidwill, Timothy Rand, and James Koman must defend claims that they cheated employees out of their pensions, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on Jan. 28.
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court is ignoring an order of Sangamon County Circuit Judge Ryan Cadigan to reinstate countywide judicial elections in Madison County, according to state’s attorney Tom Haine.
EAST ST. LOUIS – California lawyers suing the Army Corps of Engineers over management of the Mississippi River tried to deceive U.S. District Judge David Dugan, according to an order he signed on Jan. 22.
EAST ST. LOUIS – St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson dissolved Commonfields water district but didn’t do it correctly, according to a federal lawsuit alleging damage from floods of rain and sewage.
Members of the Madison County Judiciary Committee condemned a bill creating gerrymandered judicial subcircuits within the Third Judicial Circuit and the secrecy with which it was passed.
A co-insurer for Southwestern Illinois College argues that it is not responsible for defending a rape case involving a St. Clair County transit bus because its policy only covers educational operations.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Three citizens sufficiently alleged that a map of St. Clair County board districts violates the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act, U.S. District Judge David Dugan ruled on Jan. 1.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Plaintiff lawyers hurled a personal attack on Blackstone Investment Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman in a proposed class action proceeding in federal court.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Trailer maker Cottrell Inc. owes car hauler Gary Ellenberger $2,718.76 and their lawyers both owe the court greater respect, according to U.S. District Judge David Dugan.
CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge David Dugan correctly denied insurance coverage for lockdown losses at 4204 West Main Brewing Company in Belleville, according to Seventh Circuit appellate judges.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Republicans who allege that population variations of St. Clair County board districts violate the U.S. Constitution didn’t count correctly, board chairman Mark Kern asserts in U.S. district court.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Dozens of citizens challenged a map of St. Clair County board districts at U.S. district court on Nov. 18, two days after the board adopted the map.
BELLEVILLE – Seven Republicans on the St. Clair County board who voted with Democrat chairman Mark Kern on a map of election districts in June voted against a map he presented on Nov. 16.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Two county boards that attorney Paul Evans of O’Fallon sued in federal court for drawing district maps before the U.S. census was released have abandoned those maps.