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| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 August 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case we are called on to consider the continued viability and applicability of ourdecision in Hewitt v. Hewitt, 77 Ill. 2d 49 (1979), which held that Illinois public policy, as setforth in this States statutory prohibition against common-law marriage, precludes unmarriedcohabitants from bringing claims against one another to enforce mutual property rights wherethe rights asserted are rooted in a marriage-like relationship between the parties. | | | | Date Created: | 08-18-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118781 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071646 Original UID: 189633 FIRST WORD: Blumenthal | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 August 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This case addresses the question of whether the circuit court erroneously held that theredistricting initiative petition submitted by Support Independent Maps (Independent Maps)failed to comply with the requirements of article XIV, section 3, of our constitution. | | | | Date Created: | 08-25-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 121077 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071647 Original UID: 189634 FIRST WORD: Hooker | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiffs filed a complaint at law alleging multiple counts of medical negligence and lossof consortium against defendants. Defendants filed a motion requesting a 12-person jury andseeking a declaration that Public Act 98-1132 (eff. June 1, 2015) (Act) is unconstitutional.Public Act 98-1132 limits the | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120377 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071648 Original UID: 189635 FIRST WORD: Kakos | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, defendant, James Cherry, wasfound guilty of one count of armed violence (720 ILCS 5/33A-2(b) (West 2010)) and onecount of aggravated battery with a firearm. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118728 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071649 Original UID: 189636 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The defendant, Zachary A. Reyes, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Kendall County with the first degree murder of Jason Ventura and the attempted murders ofEduardo Gaytan and Jorge Ruiz. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 119271 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071652 Original UID: 189637 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Where attorneys for a worker covered by the Workers Compensation Act (820 ILCS305/1 et seq. (West 2006)) bring a successful action against a third party to recover damagesfor personal injuries sustained by the worker in the course of his employment, thereby enablingthe workers employer to obtain reimbursement of the compensation benefits it is obligated topay under the Workers Compensation Act, the Act requires the employer to pay 25% of thegross amount it obtains in reimbursement as attorney fees, absent other agreement. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119553 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071653 Original UID: 189638 FIRST WORD: Bayer | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court of Peoria County granting the motionof defendants, Dr. Clarissa Rhode and Central Illinois Radiological Associates, Ltd., todismiss as time-barred plaintiff Randall Moons complaint brought under the WrongfulDeath Act. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119572 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071654 Original UID: 189639 FIRST WORD: Moon | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Josue Valdez, pleaded guilty to burglary in the circuit court of Bureau Countyand was sentenced to three years of probation. At the time of his plea, defendant was a citizen of the Dominican Republic and a resident alien of the United States based on his marriage to a United States citizen. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 119860 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071655 Original UID: 189640 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in these consolidated appeals is whether the circuit courts have subject-matterjurisdiction to determine whether the location agreements between plaintiffs and defendantsare valid and enforceable contracts that control the placement of video gaming terminals in defendants establishments. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-20152 | | | | Agency ID: | 119870 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071656 Original UID: 189641 FIRST WORD: J&J | |
| | | 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: | 2016 October 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant Derrick Jones was convicted of aggravated robbery in the circuit court of WillCounty and sentenced to an extended-term sentence of 24 years imprisonment based on aprior juvenile adjudication of delinquency referenced in his presentence investigative report. | | | | Date Created: | 10-20-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119391 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071658 Original UID: 189643 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 October 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Section 3(a) of the Sex Offender Registration Act (Registration Act or Act) requires sexoffenders to disclose and periodically update information regarding their Internet identities and websites. | | | | Date Created: | 10-20-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119563 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071659 Original UID: 189644 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On March 25, 2012, defendant Jerrell Matthews mailed a petition for relief from judgmentvia the prison mail system at Menard Correctional Center to the clerk of the Cook Countycircuit court and the Cook County States Attorneys office. On May 24, 2012, the circuit court dismissed the petition sua sponte as untimely. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118114 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071660 Original UID: 189645 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At the close of a dispositional hearing on a juvenile petition based on neglect, the circuitcourt of Peoria County found that respondent, Heather M., was a fit parent to her children, J.M. and M.M. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119932 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071661 Original UID: 189646 FIRST WORD: In | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The issue in this appeal is whether plaintiffs, as private citizens, are proper claimants on a statutorily mandated, public official bond issued by RLI Insurance Company (RLI), as surety,to the Madison County Treasurer and Collector under section 3-10003 of the Counties Code(55 ILCS 5/3-10003 (West 2014)) and section 19-40 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/19-40 (West 2014)). | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120024 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071662 Original UID: 189647 FIRST WORD: Bueker | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The petitioner, Anita Alvarez, States Attorney of Cook County, seeks a writ of mandamus(see Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, 4(a)) to compel respondent, the Honorable Vincent Gaughan, judge of the circuit court of Cook County. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120110 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071663 Original UID: 189648 FIRST WORD: People | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, Lynne Beggs, a tenured teacher, was dismissed for cause from her employmentby defendant, the Board of Education of Murphysboro Community Unit School District No.186 (the Board). | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120236 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071664 Original UID: 189649 FIRST WORD: Beggs | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Cook County ordinance obligates county officers to cooperate with investigationsconducted by the Office of the Independent Inspector General (Inspector General) and tocomply with subpoenas issued by the Inspector General. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120315 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071665 Original UID: 189650 FIRST WORD: Blanchard | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff was an owner and resident of a condominium unit at the Klein CreekCondominium complex in the Village of Carol Stream, Illinois. The common elements of theproperty were owned and controlled by defendant, Klein Creek. The Klein CreekCondominium Association retained defendant, Lieberman Management Services, Inc., tomanage the property. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120394 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071666 Original UID: 189651 FIRST WORD: Murphy | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has certified for instructionfrom this court the following question of Illinois law: Does the Illinois Commerce Commission have exclusive jurisdiction over a reparation claim, as defined in Sheffler v. Commonwealth Edison Co. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120526 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071667 Original UID: 189652 FIRST WORD: Zahn | |
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