Supreme Court of Illinois - February 2008 Opinion Summaries

Karas v. Stevell

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a suit arising from allegations that the plaintiff, a minor, was injured while playing in an organized ice hockey game when he was bodychecked from...

Madison Two Assocs. v. Pappas

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In consolidated appeals regarding tax assessments for several major commercial buildings in Chicago where the city and the Chicago Board of Education...

People v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, appeal from the affirmation of an order reducing defendant's good conduct credit is...

People v. Wilson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for possession with intent to deliver as a result of a warrantless search of defendant's home while he was on mandatory supervised release...

Imperial Apparel Ltd. v. Cosmo's Designer Direct, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation complaint arising from the publication of a menswear store advertisement, the circuit court's dismissal of the complaint with...

People v. Caballero

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, reduction of defendant's fine by the per diem monetary credit which statute makes...

People v. Manning

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for residential burglary as a result of a guilty plea is affirmed over claims that defendant's trial attorney had been ineffective in...

People v. Coleman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for two counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine is affirmed where, when there is a joint federal and state investigation, evidence otherwise...