Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The court had jurisdiction over civil claims for money or property, as well as non-felony criminal cases. [3] [4] Further legislation was passed in 1906 and 1907 to expand the court's capabilities and jurisdiction. [4] [5] On November 6, 1906, an election was held to elect a chief justice and 27 associate justices. [2]
In addition, the original farmhouse served as a local courthouse, as Power was Sangamon County's justice of the peace for two decades; Abraham Lincoln argued his first case in the courthouse. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1989.
An associate judge can hear any case, except criminal cases punishable by a prison term of one year or more, unless the associate judge has received approval from the Chief Judge of the circuit to hear other criminal cases. [31] The Illinois Courts Commission, composed of one Supreme Court justice, two Appellate Court judges, two circuit court ...
(The Center Square) – Beginning Jan. 1, offenders who go through the Adult Redeploy Illinois program will now be called “justice impacted individuals.” House Bill 4409 sparked spirited ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A justice of the peace in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, hears a case (1941). A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning.
The Supreme Court avoided taking up a series of cases on the right to bear arms and left in place an Illinois law that bans assault-style weapons such as the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, which has ...
From 1984 to 1986, Rochford was a law clerk with Corboy & Demetrio. From 1986 to 1990, she was Cook County assistant state's attorney, from 1990 to 2012, she was a court of claims commissioner for the state of Illinois, concurrently from 2004 to 2012, she was a hearing officer with Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood, and Glenview.