On December 13, 2002, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, reversed the order of the Circuit Court of Cook County and held that a village of Midlothian ordinance violated the due process clauses of the United States and Illinois Constitutions.

On July 13, 2001, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District, affirmed the circuit court's order dismissing third-party defendant, Ryan Rowe.

On June 21, 2001, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the lower court's holding that the common-law "corrupt or malicious motives" exception limited the immunity granted by the Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq, and that the village could be held liable in quasi-contract.

On April 13, 2001, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, affirmed the circuit court's holding that the village of Chatham's annexation agreement took precedence over the city of Springfield's ability to regulate land use pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-12-5.

Municipalities may soon have the authority to pass ordinances prohibiting the use or sale of certain fireworks on public property.

On February 16, 2001, the Illinois Supreme Court responded to the question of whether § 9-102 of the Illinois Tort Immunity Act permits the recovery of attorney fees against municipalities within its definition of compensatory damages.

Gov. George H. Ryan approved legislation that mandates background checks of all applicants seeking employment at park districts or school districts.

Public Act 91-649 permissively approves sales taxes for all nonhome rule municipalities. Previously, a nonhome rule municipality needed at least 130,000 inhabitants to pursue a sales tax, which effectively precluded most proposals.

On October 21, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court that the one-year limitation period in the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/8-101 et seq (West 1996)).

On September 23, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision that the city of Chicago did not have a duty to construct road medians to be safe for use by emergency road vehicles.

On March 1, 1999, the Attorney General published an opinion on whether a non-home-rule county has the authority to borrow money from a financial institution and execute a multi-year installment note to secure the payment of the loan. Ill Atty Gen Op 99-002.

On March 3, 1999, the Attorney General published an opinion on two issues: (1) whether the use of the terms "employment'' and "employed'' in the definitions of the phrases.

On November 12, 1998, the Seventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals reversed the district court's holding that Email v Macrane, 53 F3d 176 (7th Cir 1995), required an "orchestrated campaign official harassment'' motivated by "sheer malice'' in vindictive action equal protection claims.