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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.
The Illinois Digest is an indexed compilation of summaries of opinions, or digest. [1] The opinions of the Supreme Court and Appellate Court had been published in the Illinois Reports and Illinois Appellate Court Reports, respectively, from 1831 to 2011; [12] according to the University of Chicago Library, since 1819 and 1877, respectively. [1]
The Supreme Court administers professional discipline through the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), [33] and they govern initial licensing through the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, [34] where the applicant must receive a certification of good moral character and general fitness to practice law by the ...
On preliminary grounds, Illinois’ case was considered by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year, but after a conference, Justice Clarence Thomas denied writs of certiorari, saying the case ...
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction. "Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes ...
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 ...
The Appellate Court is the court of first appeal for civil and criminal cases rising in the Illinois circuit courts. The circuit courts are trial courts of original jurisdiction . There are 24 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. [ 7 ]
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the ...