Supreme Court of Illinois - December 2003 Opinion Summaries

IN RE MARRIAGE OF KING

Family Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
Because the January 5, 1999 order was not the final judgment as to attorney fees owed, it would not support a lien on real estate; because that order...

HALL v. HENN

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Recreational Use of Land And Water Areas Act immunizes landowners from negligence liability with respect to any person who enters their property...

PEOPLE v. BRAGGS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Inculpatory statements made by mentally retarded defendant on June 25, both before and after her formal arrest, were custodial and therefore...

BD. OF TRUSTEES OF CMTY. COLL. DIST. NO. 508 v. COOPERS & LYBRAND

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
The audit interference doctrine, which provides that in a suit for accounting malpractice the negligence of the plaintiff may be looked to only...

IN RE D.F.

Family Law
The nine-month evaluation period for assessing whether a given parent is "unfit" applies to both the reasonable-efforts ground and the...

PEOPLE v. CAMPBELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Counsel in a criminal case may waive his client's right of confrontation by stipulating to the admission of evidence, where such stipulation is a...

IN RE ANDREA F.

Family Law
Prior to January 1, 1998, Juvenile Court Act section 1-5(3) did not require trial courts to admonish parents that they risked having their parental...

PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure
Appellate court exceeded its jurisdiction by modifying the circuit court's order to suppress two statements made by the defendant.