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DeVore: Pritzker engaged in 'mental gymnastics' to justify appeal of Grischow TRO vs guv's school COVID orders
Attorney Tom DeVore urged a Springfield appeals court to reject Pritzker's attempt to block enforcement of a restraining order issued by a Springfield judge against his school COVID orders, noting 6 other judges already sided with Judge Grischow's reasoning -
Pritzker asks appeals court to slap mask mandates, other COVID restrictions, back onto schools
Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked a state appeals court to move quickly to block a Springfield judge's temporary restraining order that voided emergency rules two state agencies used to impose mask mandates and other COVID-related restrictions on schools and students statewide. -
Pritzker to ask Springfield judge to keep school COVID mandates in place, pending appeal of order blocking his rules
The Illinois Attorney General, representing Pritzker, said he expects the appeal to be decided within two weeks -
Springfield judge slaps hold on IL statewide school mask mandate; Pritzker's powers not 'endless,' judge says
The judge issued a temporary restraining order on Pritzker's authority to force school districts to require students to wear masks and to exclude children suspected of being exposed to COVID from school without due process -
Springfield judge denies class certification in mask, vaccine mandate cases
The judge has continued to hold off her ruling on plaintiffs' request for restraining order against the mandates. But she says there is too much uncertain about these cases to allow them to proceed as class actions at this time. -
Springfield judge to rule soon on request for order barring enforcement of school masks, student COVID 'exclusion'
Plaintiffs say Gov. JB Pritzker and 140 school districts overstepped the state's public health law in issuing statewide COVID mask, testing and student 'exclusion' mandates, unilaterally rewriting state quarantine rules in the process -
IL high school sports lawsuit vs Pritzker revised to now seek order barring potential high school COVID vax mandates
A legal challenge to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers over high school athletics now has been amended to ask a Springfield judge to block Pritzker and others from requiring Illinois high school athletes and students to receive COVID vaccines -
Pritzker can't toss FoxFire lawsuit over COVID restaurant closure orders
A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to quickly end a lawsuit brought by the owner of Geneva restaurant FoxFire, asserting Pritzker violated the law when he issued indoor dining shutdown orders in 2020 -
Arguments in cases brought by parents, teachers, against COVID mandates continue
A Springfield judge refused to step away from the lawsuit brought by hundreds of parents challenging mask and exclusion mandates imposed by Gov. JB Pritzker and enforced by nearly two dozen school districts, indicating she believed the defendants may be using a tactic to push back a ruling on the plaintiffs' request for a restraining order against the mandates -
FoxFire: Pritzker admin engaged in legal 'gymnastics' in bid to close out challenge to last year's indoor dining ban
Gov. JB Pritzker continues to fight in court against a Geneva restaurant owner, who is seeking a court order declaring Pritzker violated the law in issuing a pandemic-related indoor dining ban last fall -
Devore sues Pritzker for defamation for calling him a 'grifter' for suing Pritzker over COVID mandates
Attorney Tom Devore has represented clients in a string of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker since May 2020 over Pritzker's use of executive powers and COVID-related mandates -
Attorney accuses Pritzker of 'judge shopping' in try to move mask mandate suits to Cook County, Springfield courts
Attorney Tom Devore, who is representing many people suing Gov. JB Pritzker and school districts over student mask mandates, says the governor broke a deal and is "judge shopping" -
Judge nixes Pritzker bid to toss athletes' parents' suit over high school sports shutdown; Guv will get another try
A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's bid to toss a legal challenge to his COVID orders, this time allowing parents of high school athletes to continue their lawsuit over Pritzker's 2020 shutdown of high school athletics. -
IL high court avoids answering whether state constitutionally borrowed $14B; Says challenger waited too long to sue
The Illinois Supreme Court blocked John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, from suing the state over whether state lawmakers unconstitutionally borrowed billions in 2003 and 2017. -
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. -
Pritzker can't kill FoxFire legal challenge of guv's restaurant shutdown order, Springfield judge says
'The governor cannot rely on emergency powers indefinitely,' wrote Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow, in denying Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the owner of Geneva restaurant, FoxFire. -
IL Supreme Court allows Pritzker to kick lawsuit over high school sports shutdowns to Springfield judge
The chief judge of Springfield's circuit courts had resisted the transfer from LaSalle County sought by Pritzker, saying he believed the governor was merely "judge shopping." -
Springfield judge orders Pritzker administration to produce evidence justifying COVID restaurant shutdowns
The owners of the FoxFire restaurant, of Geneva, scored a win in court, persuading a judge in Springfield to order Gov. JB Pritzker to produce information and documents to back his assertions that his restaurant and bar closure orders were based on scientific data. -
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. -
Pritzker, Raoul: Springfield's chief county judge wrong to reject transfer of case challenging Pritzker's high school sports shutdown orders
The Illinois Supreme Court was asked to override the order of Sangamon County Chief Judge John Madonia, who had accused Gov. JB Pritzker of judge shopping in seeking dismissal of a lawsuit brought by parents of student athletes against Pritzker's sports-related COVID orders.