Supreme Court of Illinois - May 2005 Opinion Summaries

People v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon is affirmed where: 1) the officer had probable cause to make a warrantless seizure and search of a...

People v. Durr

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping is affirmed over objections that the instructions given by the...

People v. Ward

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action for unlawful distribution of harmful materials to a minor, judgement affirmed where the ordinarily understood meaning of possession is...

People v. Cosenza

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a matter of procedural issue concerning the suspension of the driving privileges of those who drive while intoxicated, a petition to have summary...

In re Gwynne P.

Family Law
In a matter of termination of parental rights, judgement is affirmed where the child has severe developmental deficits due to maternal drug use and...

In re Madison H.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In the matter of a dispositional order making a child a ward of the court, the decision is reversed and remanded where: 1) it is possible for the...

Gillen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a claim for full payment under an uninsured motorist policy for the death of a Chicago fire paramedic struck by an uninsured motorist after...

R.D. Masonry, Inc. v. Industrial Comm'n

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the matter of a worker's compensation claim, claimant's petition for payment of benefits is denied where the statute on suspending payments is...

People ex rel. Dir. of Corr. v. Booth

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by the Department of Corrections to recover the cost of incarceration, with regard to a motion for issuance of an order for attachment...