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As of 1935, decisions of the Illinois Appellate Court became binding authority upon lower courts in Illinois. [8] The Illinois Appellate Court has fifty-four judges serving five districts, administratively centering on Chicago (1st District), Elgin (2nd District), Ottawa (3rd District), Springfield (4th District), and Mt. Vernon (5th District ...
There are 25 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. The jurisdiction of seven of these circuits courts are solely within the confines of a single county; these are Cook, Kane, Will, DuPage, Lake, McHenry (all Chicago metropolitan area counties), and St. Clair in Metro East. The other 18 circuits ...
Former federal courts of Illinois. United States District Court for the District of Illinois (extinct, subdivided in 1855) [7]
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States, with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight. [1]
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Illinois.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
The Illinois Appellate Court will render its opinion in writing, in the form of a published opinion or an unpublished order. [2] As of 1935, decisions of the Illinois Appellate Court became binding authority upon lower courts in Illinois. [3] The Illinois Appellate Court has 52 judges serving five districts.
An Eastern District was created on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992, [5] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978 which replaced it with the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois District, 92 Stat. 883. [5]