Supreme Court of Illinois - October 2005 Opinion Summaries

In re Application of the County Collector

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
With regard to a tax sale and subsequent issuance of a tax deed by order of the circuit court, petition to have the tax deed set aside based on lack...

People v. Robinson

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the matter of a pro se petition brought under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act, summary dismissal is affirmed over objections arising from the fact...

People v. Atkins

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action for residential burglary, a conviction for burglary as a lesser offense after a finding that residential burglary had not been proved is...

Bowman v. Am. River Transp. Co.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligence brought under the Jones Act, judgement is reversed and the cause remanded for a trial by jury where lower courts erred in...

Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business,...

Corral v. Mervis Industries, Inc.

Civil Procedure
Denial of a motion to transfer venue is affirmed where the supreme court is unable to review the trial court's factual determinations because of an...