Recent supreme and appellate court opinions in briefNovember 2000The supreme court has overruled prior cases regarding the impact of a criminal conviction on a subsequent civil lawsuit resulting from the same incident.
State appropriations to court system for fiscal year 2001July 2000In "An Act making appropriations and reappropriations" (P.A. 91-706) for state fiscal year July 1, 2000, to July 1, 2001, the General Assembly made the following appropriations to the Illinois Supreme Court for the operation of the Illinois court system:
Supreme court finds prosecutorial misconductMarch 2000Doffyn who was fatally wounded and Bubals who was wounded but survived. Defendant was found guilty by a Cook County jury of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and other felonies.
