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ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Fifth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Fifth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Charles D. Mockbee IV as an associate judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Supreme Court Amends Rule 23 to Allow Citation of Unpublished Appellate Court Rulings
Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today the amendment of Rule 23, which will allow litigants to cite unpublished opinions from the Illinois Appellate Courts for persuasive purposes. Amended Rule 23 is effective Jan. 1, 2021. -
Tickets issued cannot be basis for police performance reviews, Illinois Supreme Court rules
SPRINGFIELD – Police chiefs must not include tickets in performance evaluations, Illinois Supreme Court Justices ruled on Nov. 19. -
Asbestos attorney campaign contributions in '20 were half as much as '16
EDWARDSVILLE – Asbestos firms that contributed $2,088,746 to campaigns of Illinois Democrats in 2016 contributed $1,067,729 this year, barely half as much. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Justice Robert L. Carter Set to Join the Illinois Supreme Court
Justice Robert L. Carter of the 3rd District Appellate Court has been selected to join the Illinois Supreme Court next month, pending the Illinois State Board of Elections proclaiming the results of the November 3 election. -
Judge Judy, rebuked
In her bid for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, she lost last week by nearly a two to one margin. In Judge Judy, voters didn’t like what they saw. -
Illinois Supreme Court appoints Carter to replace Kilbride, after voters did not retain him
Justice Robert Carter, 74, a LaSalle County Democrat, will serve on the state high court until December 2022, when he will retire and not seek election to a full 10-year term, according to a statement released by the Illinois Supreme Court. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Threlkeld As Resident Judge in Third Judicial Circuit
Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Judge Christopher P. Threlkeld as a Resident Circuit Judge, Madison County, in the Third Judicial Circuit. -
Boie: Thanks to family, supporters and Judge Smith for honest, fair and non-combative campaign
Judge Smith and I promised each other early on that we would run open, honest, fair and non-combative campaigns. I believe we both accomplished that. -
Threlkeld appointed to Dugan vacancy; Seat will be on '22 ballot
Judge Christopher P. Threlkeld has been appointed to the David Dugan vacancy in Madison County Circuit Court, at the recommendation of retiring Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier. -
Driscoll moves to voluntarily dismiss TCPA suit he filed against Overstreet, day after election
BENTON – David Overstreet not only defeated Judy Cates for a Supreme Court seat but also halted a privacy invasion suit that one of her supporters filed against him. -
Boie wins Fifth District race over Smith; Voters in southern Illinois -except St. Clair- have become solid red
MOUNT VERNON – Victory margins for Republicans keep growing at the Fifth District appellate court, where that party holds five of six seats. -
Pritzker's 'fair tax' proposal goes down in flames in Metro-East; Also falls short statewide
After having spent $56 million of his own money on a “Vote Yes” campaign, Gov. JB Pritzker's progressive income tax proposal appears to have failed, according to several media sources reporting on more than 90 percent of Illinois votes counted. -
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride falls 5 points short of retention; First time voters deny a return
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride has lost a high-stakes and costly retention battle in the state’s Third Appellate District. It is the first time that voters have not retained a justice to the state's high court. -
Republicans Stobbs, Maher elected Madison County Circuit Judge; Ruth, Tognarelli retained
Madison County voters elect Republican candidates Stephen Stobbs and Amy Maher to fill two circuit judge vacancies. -
Overstreet defeats Cates by 26-point margin for Illinois Supreme Court
Things turned sharply negative in mid-October when Cates blasted Overstreet for his concurrence in an opinion giving a second trial to a child rapist suspect convicted in absentia by a Marion County judge in 2017. -
Early votes in Peoria County show Kilbride at 59.5% voter approval
Early and absentee votes counted in Peoria County show that Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride is just barely below the 60 percent voter approval margin needed to be retained to a third 10-year term. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Supreme Court Announces Expansion of Volunteer Pro Bono Program to Reduce Criminal Appeals Backlog
The Illinois Supreme Court announced this week the expansion of the Volunteer Pro Bono Program for Criminal Appeals (Program) to include the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Appellate Districts beginning on December 1, 2020. -
Cates also concurred in an appellate reversal that allowed an accused child molester released until second trial
Supporters of Illinois Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates accuse opponent David Overstreet of "releasing" a "child rapist" from prison because he concurred with other judges in June that the accused should not have been convicted in absentia while hospitalized. -
Illinois has the best courts money can buy
Appeals Court Judge Judy Cates has long benefitted from generous donations from lawyers and law firms far and wide. Now that she’s running for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, the generosity is snowballing.