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Supreme Court of Illinois - April 2008 Opinion Summaries

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Alvarez v. Pappas

Supreme Court of Illinois
Tax Law
In a class action where plaintiffs paid real estate taxes in duplicate by mistake, once directly and once through their lenders, and the county...
04/17/2008 104922

People v. Houston

Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for armed robbery is affirmed where the defect of not recording the voir dire could not support a claim of ineffective assistance of...
04/17/2008 102225

People v. Carpenter

Supreme Court of Illinois
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated cases arising from instances where defendants had vehicle air bag compartments which contained something other than air bags and one...
04/17/2008 103616, 103856, 103857cons.

Loman v. Freeman

Supreme Court of Illinois
Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for negligence and conversion based upon an allegedly unauthorized surgery on a racehorse that rendered the horse unable to race, dismissal...
04/17/2008 104289

People v. Torres

Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for murder is affirmed over claim of ineffective assistance of counsel where trial counsel had no constitutional duty to consult about an...
04/17/2008 104308

People v. Howard

Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Conviction for three counts of official misconduct based upon a mayor using the city credit card to obtain cash advances is affirmed over claim that...
04/17/2008 104553

Smith v. The Waukegan Park Dist.

Supreme Court of Illinois
Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a retaliatory discharge action, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where local public entities do not have immunity from claims that employees...
04/17/2008 104960

In re: Leona W.

Supreme Court of Illinois
Family Law
In a case termination parental rights, the appellate court's reversal of the circuit court's termination of parental rights is reversed and the matter...
04/04/2008 103620, 103639cons.

MD Electrical Contractors, Inc. v. Abrams

Supreme Court of Illinois
Construction, Contracts
In a suit brought by a contractor under quantum meruit to recover for services that it rendered as a subcontractor on defendants' home improvement...
04/03/2008 104000

People v. Gancarz

Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence, and driving on a suspended license is affirmed where the trial court...
04/03/2008 104029

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