Illinois Second District Appellate Court
Recent News About Illinois Second District Appellate Court
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Appeals panel says McHenry County road districts can keep challenging law letting voters dissolve townships
Even though no dissolution is imminent, three appeals judges said the state can't just dismiss the case, under the public interest exception. -
Insurer obligated to defend north Kane Co. school D300 in lawsuits over sex abuse of children on school property
West Bend policy covers Boys & Girls Club, as well as Illinois' 6th-largest school district, a state appeals panel ruled -
'Loud and furious debate': IL Right of Conscience lawsuits to test limits of COVID, vax mandate authority
NorthShore University Health System is just the latest in a mounting number of Illinois employers that should expect to be threatened with lawsuits under Illinois state law for denying religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. -
IL High Court: Insurance companies cannot keep people's personal health info after lawsuits end
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled insurance companies must return or destroy private health information acquired in lawsuits, finding there's no regulatory law that says otherwise as claimed by State Farm in a pair of Lake County personal injury actions. -
IL Supreme Court: Power plant developer can't sue employees accused of trying to 'usurp opportunities' for themselves
In 4-3 decision, narrow majority says the company didn't completely lose the opportunity to build power plants in Texas, so the company can't sue for the lost "opportunities." -
Appellate court says cops can't count holiday pay toward their pensions
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled Hanover Park's police pension board cannot include officers' holiday pay when calculating pension benefits, because only "fixed" pay — and holiday pay is not "fixed" — may be used to figure pensions. -
IL high court denies appeal from Geneva restaurant owner challenging Pritzker's shutdown power; 'Stay tuned,' restaurant's lawyer says
A Springfield judge has rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to kill off the lawsuit, which now demands Pritzker prove he didn't abuse his COVID emergency power by singling out restaurants with indoor dining bans -
New lawsuit: Law used by Pritzker to repeatedly declare disaster, use emergency COVID powers, is unconstitutional
A new lawsuit from an attorney who has repeatedly challenged Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers against the COVID pandemic has returned to court, with a claim that the law Pritzker has relied upon to justify his executive actions is unconstitutional. -
Did IL agency violate law when it permitted Aurora cannabis growing site? IL Supreme Court to decide
The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments March 10 to decide the fate of the suburbs' designated medical cannabis cultivation license. -
Appeals panel tells husband to furnish late wife's psych records, in suit against Six Flags claiming park attack caused her suicide
An appeals panel has ordered a man, who is alleging Six Flags Great America didn't prevent an attack on his family at its park in Gurnee, to turn over mental health records for his wife, whom he claims committed suicide as a result of the attack. -
Restaurant suing Pritzker accuses state of sidestepping demands for evidence justifying dining shutdowns
Lawyers for FoxFire restaurant in Geneva have asked a Springfield judge to force the Pritzker administration to turn over the scientific reports or data on which Pritzker has relied to support his orders shutting down indoor dining at restaurants and bars amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
IL high court to decide if state regulators broke law in awarding marijuana growers' license
A Lake County company has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to declare a state agency wrongly rewrote a state law in deciding to award a license for a cannabis cultivation facility to a competitor looking to operate a site in Aurora. -
Pink Krokodile, Christina's Place owners sue Pritzker over COVID indoor dining ban
Two more food and drink establishments mount uphill legal challenge vs Gov. JB Pritzker over restrictions he has imposed that restaurant owners say threaten to put them out of business permanently. -
Springfield judge guts S. IL judge's order blocking Pritzker's COVID shutdown orders
The ruling undoes a court win secured by State Rep. Darren Bailey in his legal challenge against Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in the name of fighting COVID-19. -
'Out in the cold, without legal redress:' Geneva restaurant asks IL high court to limit Pritzker's COVID shutdown powers
Owners of FoxFire restaurant in Geneva have asked the Illinois Supreme Court for permission to appeal a state appellate court's ruling that has been used to shoot down challenges to Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 shutdown orders. -
Be careful putting human face on corporate client; New trial ordered in Illinois med-mal case
ELGIN, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys representing a health care provider went too far during closing arguments, and an Illinois man will get a second chance to prove it is liable for his injuries. -
Split appeals panel says Deerfield assault weapons ban passes muster, can be enforced
The decision overturned a Lake County judge's ruling in favor of gun owners and Second Amendment rights groups, though it did still block the village from regulating "large capacity magazines." -
Landowner says IL officials used court rule to skip warrant; IL high court says appeals panel rushed to strike down rule
The Illinois Supreme Court chastised a state appellate court for viewing what the high court said should have been a simple abuse of discretion appeal through a constitutional lens. -
IL Supreme Court orders restaurant lawsuits vs Pritzker over COVID closures to Springfield judge
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow has sided with Gov. JB Pritzker on similar questions over Pritzker's COVID shutdown powers. -
Pritzker, A/G ask appeals court to apply ruling OKing Pritzker's COVID shutdown powers statewide
The appeals court on Nov. 6 became the first state appeals court to shoot down the challenge to time limits on Pritzker's emergency powers. But, because of the way it was issued, it can't be used yet by other courts hearing cases based on similar claims challenging Pritzker's authority.