Our nation's highest court hammered the final nails in the coffin of Price v. Phillip Morris last week, and we must admit, the news prompted mixed feelings.
Oregon Supreme Court America's cigarette industry breathed a sigh of relief last week after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reconsider the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that threw a high-profile class action case against Philip Morris out of court.
Brad Lakin Brad Lakin, whose law firm failed to prove bias on the part of Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber in March, has asked the court for another chance to prove it.
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack Lawyers for Dolores Cantrell, M.D. say that a defense verdict reached in a Madison County medical malpractice trial last May should stand and Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Stack appeared to agree after hearing 90 minutes of arguments on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON-The United States Supreme Court refused to hear arguments that a lower court erred when tossing Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron's $10.1 billion verdict Marlboro and Cambridge "light" cigarettes.
The Illinois Civil Justice League endorsed then-Appellate Judge Bob Thomas when he ran for Supreme Court Justice in the 2000 General Election. Thomas survived a difficult three-way Republican primary that included appointed Justice Louis Rathje and Circuit Court Judge Bonnie Wheaton.
We hope Illinois judges don't get the wrong impression from last week's $7 million libel judgment in favor of Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Thomas, who sued a suburban Chicago newspaper that said he once traded his vote on the bench for a local political favor.
Third Circuit judges will have to choose a new associate judge pending the outcome of the race between Madison County Associate Judges Barbara Crowder and James Hackett.
On a day when negative attacks erupted between candidates in a closely watched appellate court race, justices in the same battleground condemned "hysterical hyperbole" but did not squelch criticism of persons running for public office.
Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber, who shrank a national class action suit against United Life Insurance to an Illinois class action, must now decide whether to squeeze the suit down from 15 years to three years.
The head of a grassroots group opposing the retention of Third Circuit Judges Ann Callis, Charles Romani and John Knight, explained the organization's position recently in a question-answer format.
The Fifth Appellate Court contest in southern Illinois will end up costing a mere third of what the most expensive state supreme court race cost just two years ago.
Don Weber Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber touted a number of endorsements he has received over the years from Democratic and Republican leaders saying they demonstrate an accomplished public service record.