Supreme Court of Illinois - July 2003 Opinion Summaries

BRANDT v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiff cannot bring a viable cause of action for breach of the UCC implied warranty of merchantability against a hospital after a defective medical...

ILLINOIS EDUC. ASS'N v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF EDUC.

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
The attorney-client exemption set forth in section 7(1)(n) of the Freedom of Information Act may apply to material submitted by a public body...

PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
The state's prohibition of so-called virtual child pornography suffers from the same constitutional infirmity that doomed the federal prohibition of...

SHIELDS v. JUDGES' RET. SYS. OF ILLINOIS

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
A retired judge whose pension benefits were forfeited as a result of a felony conviction is entitled to a full refund of his contributions to the...

IN RE MARRIAGE OF COLLINGBOURNE

Family Law
The circuit court's determination, that the best interests of a child would be served by allowing him to move to Massachusetts with his mother, was...

PEOPLE v. GRECO

Constitutional Law
Section 4-103.2(b) of the Illinois Vehicle Code is constitutionally infirm as it applies to special mobile equipment, because it violates due process...