Supreme Court of Illinois - March 2005 Opinion Summaries

In re D.W.

Family Law
In consolidated appeals challenging the constitutionality of section 1(D)(q) of the Adoption Act, it is a denial of equal protection to allow certain...

Wauconda Fire Prot. Dist. v. Stonewall Orchards, LLP

Construction, Government Law
In plaintiff's action for declaratory and injunctive relief, defendant's motion to dismiss is denied where a county is not a municipality for purposes...

People v. Bush

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver is affirmed over claims that the State failed to prove both intent to...

Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs Local 148 v. Illinois Dep't of Employment Sec.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for administrative review of a decision to deny unemployment benefits, the decision is affirmed where members of Engineers' Union had a...

People v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the matter of an indictment for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after a police officer seized a handgun from defendant's sleeve during a...

BHI Corp v. Litgen Concrete Cutting & Coring Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a matter where defendants in a entered into settlement agreements with plaintiffs in which they purchased assignments of plaintiffs' remaining...

Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Sperry

Attorney's Fees
In an action to have an attorney fee award declared void ab initio on the theory that the professional service corporation law firm which had...

People v. Wilson

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the matter of counts of domestic battery, conviction is upheld over claims that the domestic battery statute is unconstitutionally vague where it...

Twice Over Clean, Inc. v. Industrial Comm'n

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the matter of a workers' compensation award for a heart attack at work, the award is affirmed where, once it is established that employment caused...

Gen. Agents Ins. Co v. Midwest Sporting Goods Co.

Insurance Law
In a claim for defense costs paid by an insurance company in a suit where there was found to be no coverage under the policy, reimbursement order is...