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www.ilnd.uscourts.gov. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States, with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight ...
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois is the federal prosecuting office for cases arising in 38 counties in Southern Illinois. The Office is headquartered in Fairview Heights and also has branch offices in Benton and East St. Louis. William E. Trautmann 1905-10 [4]
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / FOY-yə), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., is an Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to copy and inspect public records in the state. The law applies to executive and legislative bodies of state government, units of local government, and other entities defined as " public bodies ".
The Illinois Appellate Court is the court of first appeal for civil and criminal cases rising in the Illinois circuit courts. Three Illinois Appellate Court judges hear each case and the concurrence of two is necessary to render a decision. [6] The Illinois Appellate Court will render its opinion in writing, in the form of a published opinion ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts: The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago and is composed of eleven appellate judges.
Abolished. March 31, 1979. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois (in case citations, E.D. Ill.) is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois. The court was established on March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992. [1] The Northern and Southern Districts had been established on February 13, 1855.
Spinelli v. United States (1969) Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983), is a Fourth Amendment case. [1] Gates overruled Aguilar v. Texas [2] and Spinelli v. United States, [3] thereby replacing the Aguilar–Spinelli test for probable cause with the "totality of the circumstances" test.
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.