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| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 October 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, Patrick Joseph Carney, filed a negligence action in the Circuit Court of Cook County against defendant, Union Pacific Railroad Company, after he suffered severe personal injuries during the removal of an abandoned railroad bridge in Chicago. The circuit court granted defendant summary judgment. | | | | Date Created: | 10-20-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118984 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071657 Original UID: 189642 FIRST WORD: Carney | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This Madison County litigation arose from the 2001 purchase of a computer which had allegedly been misrepresented as to its speed. | | | | Date Created: | 02 03 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109485 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041452 Original UID: 21315 FIRST WORD: Carr | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 November 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The 2009 bankruptcy of Peoria County developers Carol and Glen Harkins brought about competition among their creditors and resulted in this litigation. Expecting to build a subdivision, they spent between six months and a year negotiating to buy a tract of land from Carol Schenck. A closing on that purchase took place in August of 2008 | | | | Date Created: | 11-19-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118955 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071450 Original UID: 189428 FIRST WORD: Christopher | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case, one Justice of this court has recused himself, and the remaining members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120448 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071945 Original UID: 189933 FIRST WORD: Chultem | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 March 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: 373 Ill. App. 3d 866. JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. John Cinkus filed nomination papers to stand for election for the office of Stickney village trustee in the April 17, 2007, election. | | | | Date Created: | 03 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 104471 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036678 Original UID: 17767 FIRST WORD: Cinkus | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 March 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: 373 Ill. App. 3d 866. JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Fitzgerald, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. John Cinkus filed nomination papers to stand for election for the office of Stickney village trustee in the April 17, 2007, election. | | | | Date Created: | 03 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 104471 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036748 Original UID: 17766 FIRST WORD: Cinkus | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this appeal, we review the determination of the Department of Revenue (Department) on a claim filed by Citibank, N.A. (Citibank), for tax refunds pursuant to the provisions of section 6 of the Retailers Occupation Tax Act (ROTA) (35 ILCS 120/6 (West 2012)). | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121634 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071713 Original UID: 189700 FIRST WORD: Citibank, | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: 375 Ill. App. 3d 595. JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. The City of Chicago charges franchise fees to cable television companies pursuant to agreements with them. In 2002, the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates such agreements, issued a ruling interpreting the federal Cable Communications Policy Act to mean that such fees cannot be based on revenue derived from cable modem service, which provides internet access. | | | | Date Created: | 11 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105342, 105348, 105349 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036258 Original UID: 17354 FIRST WORD: City | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 October 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Theis delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. In this case, which came before the Illinois Supreme Court on a certified question, it was held that the City of Chicago went beyond its home rule powers in attempting to require electronic intermediaries to collect and remit amusement taxes on resold tickets. | | | | Date Created: | 10 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111127 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044794 Original UID: 24260 FIRST WORD: City | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion. This Cook County civil action for damages is at the pleading stage. | | | | Date Created: | 05 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108656 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044370 Original UID: 23897 FIRST WORD: Clark | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 December 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The plaintiff, Isaac Cohen, was riding his bicycle on the Lakefront Trail, a shared-use path that runs along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, when his front wheel got caught in a crack in the pavement and he fell. | | | | Date Created: | 12-29-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121800 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071976 Original UID: 189966 FIRST WORD: Cohen | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 January 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On June 7, 2008, the decedent here, a 58-year-old woman who lived in the unincorporated Sugar Creek area of Will County, placed a 911 call for medical help, giving her address and saying that she could not breathe and needed an ambulance. | | | | Date Created: | 01-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 117952 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071483 Original UID: 189462 FIRST WORD: Coleman | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. A medical malpractice plaintiff filed an action in 2007 against a physical therapy assistant and his employing company, and a dispute arose as to what category of person had to sign the health care professionals report which was statutorily required in medical malpractice cases. The circuit court of Tazewell County dismissed the action on this issue, but the appellate court granted additional time, and the defendant was granted leave to appeal to the supreme court. | | | | Date Created: | 12 23 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 109321 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035013 Original UID: 16446 FIRST WORD: Cookson | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2009, Jerry W. Coram was denied a firearm owners identification (FOID) card by the Illinois Department of State Police. In 2010, he sought judicial review of this ruling in the circuit court of Adams County in an effort to obtain one. Judge Mark Schuering gave individual scrutiny to Corams circumstances, pursuant to the standards of review set forth in the FOID Card Act, and entered an order directing issuance of the card. He concluded that Coram, despite his earlier misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence, would not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. | | | | Date Created: | 09-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 113867 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000065015 Original UID: 183001 FIRST WORD: Coram | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is the meaning of section 3-107(b) of the Local Governmental andGovernmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/3-107(b) (West 2012)). | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121536 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071712 Original UID: 189699 FIRST WORD: Corbett | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 November 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This mandamus petitioner was previously in the custody of the Department of Corrections at Menard Correctional Center. In 1993, he had been convicted for an aggravated criminal sexual assault and an aggravated kidnapping. He was first scheduled to begin his mandatory supervised release (a form of parole) on April 12, 2013 | | | | Date Created: | 11-20-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 117155 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000069215 Original UID: 188278 FIRST WORD: Cordrey | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 December 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Kilbride and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Thomas concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion, joined by Justices Garman and Karmeier. In 2005, a police union sought to be certified to represent a group of Du Page County deputy sheriffs. | | | | Date Created: | 12 18 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 105395 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035208 Original UID: 16639 FIRST WORD: County | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 March 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This lawsuit seeking a damage award comes from Saline County. The defendants are the Sheriff of Saline County and the Clerk of the Saline County Circuit Court. On May 12, 2011, plaintiff Cowper pled guilty to retail theft and, after sentencing, was transported to the Department of Corrections on June 2, 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 03-19-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 117811 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000069530 Original UID: 188431 FIRST WORD: Cowper | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A woman who was a bartender at a tavern in Riverdale complained of events which took place there in 2006, and she filed a complaint for sexual harassment under the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance. An administrative hearing was held in 2008, and the hearing officer issued a recommended order in favor of the claimant in 2009. | | | | Date Created: | 06-21-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 114876 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000064988 Original UID: 182973 FIRST WORD: Crittenden | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Garman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Plaintiff Crossroads Ford Truck Sales, located in Springfield, has been a franchised dealer for Sterling trucks since 1998, selling new vehicles and parts, as well as providing service. | | | | Date Created: | 12 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111611 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044819 Original UID: 24293 FIRST WORD: Crossroads | |
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