Supreme Court of Illinois - June 2003 Opinion Summaries

BEAHRINGER v. PAGE

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
An inmate failed to allege sufficient facts showing that he exhausted the Illinois Department of Corrections's grievance procedure prior to filing his...

PEOPLE v. CEJA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Trial court did not err in concluding that defendant was aware that his statements were electronically monitored and, by continuing to loudly talk,...

MIDSTATE SIDING & WINDOW CO., INC. v. ROGERS

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
The Credit Services Organizations Act does not apply to a transaction between a retailer and customers, where the retailer facilitated the extension...

IN RE J.B.

Civil Procedure, Family Law
Where a mother did not seek a stay of an order terminating parental rights, and adoption orders had been in place for far more than one year before...

KROHE v. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under section 10(a) of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, the phrase "catastrophic injury" is synonymous with an injury resulting in a...

PEOPLE v. GONZALEZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
During the course of a routine traffic stop, a police officer's mere request for identification from a passenger does not run afoul of federal and...

HAWTHORNE v. VILLAGE OF OLYMPIA FIELDS

Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In accordance with the Child Care Act of 1969, a non-home-rule unit of local government may not use its statutory zoning authority to prevent...

PEOPLE v. HENRY

Criminal Law & Procedure
Certain statements made by the circuit court amounted to a unequivocal acquittal, under the reasoning set forth in People v. Williams, 188 Ill. 2d 293...

VICENCIO v. LINCOLN-WAY BUILDERS, INC.

Civil Procedure
A trial court is neither required by Code of Civil Procedure section 5-108, nor permitted by other statute or rule, to tax as costs to the losing...