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The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502. [1] [2] The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court.
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois [5] United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois [6] Former federal courts of Illinois. United States District Court for the District of Illinois (extinct, subdivided in 1855) [7] United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois (extinct ...
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.
William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States, clerked for Justice Robert Jackson during the 1952 term. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each justice is permitted to have between three and four law clerks per Court term. Most persons serving in this capacity ...
Civil cases appealed from the Illinois Appellate Court are heard by the Supreme Court of Illinois upon the grant of a Petition for Leave to Appeal under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 315, [11] a Certificate of Importance under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 316, [12] or a Petition for Appeal as a Matter of Right under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 317 ...
You can be summoned for jury duty in Illinois once every 12 months if you are a registered voter or have a driver’s license, state identification card or Illinois Person with a Disability ...
(The Center Square) – Whether Illinois should be enjoined from enforcing the state’s gun and magazine ban starting Monday is now up to a federal appeals court. Illinois enacted the Protect ...
Two new judges for Sacramento County were among 16 appointees named this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom to superior courts around the state. Philip Ferrari, 52, of Sacramento, and Satnam Rattu, 42, of ...