Supreme Court of Illinois - June 2005 Opinion Summaries

Alternate Fuels, Inc. v. Dir. of the Illinois Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In the matter of an EPA violation notice for failure to obtain a proper permit and site approval, a declaratory judgement is affirmed where the...

In re Faith B.

Family Law
In the matter of a dispositional hearing held pursuant to the Juvenile Court Act, dismissal of a challenge to a "permanency goal" set within a...

People v. Blair

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a postconviction pro se petition, dismissal is affirmed where a pro se postconviction claim may be summarily dismissed at the initial stage of the...

PHL Inc. v. Pullman Bank & Trust Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action for specific performance of buy-sell agreements for the purchase of construction loans made pursuant to the Illinois Insured Mortgage...

Cook County v. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a putative class action suit brought to recover on behalf of the county for alleged overcharges in connection with the bond re-financing, dismissal...

Scachitti v. UBS Fin. Servs.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a suit to recover on behalf of two public entities for claimed overcharges for professional services connected with the re-financing of state...

People v. Willis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for felony criminal damage to property is affirmed over claims that defendant's inculpatory statement should not have been admitted because...

In re Marriage of Peters-Farrell

Evidence, Family Law
In an action for dissolution of marriage, appeal from wife's motion to quash subpoenas for her prescription records is moot, dismissed, and vacated as...

People v. Normand

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action for possession of child pornography, conviction is affirmed over claims that the State had not done enough to prove that the pictures in...

People v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action for possession of child pornography with intent to disseminate, conviction is affirmed over claims that the pictures were not shown to...