Illinois Supreme Court

It’s been more than a year since the Illinois Supreme Court “respectfully suggest(ed)” state lawmakers clarify a law that’s led to several multi-million-dollar settlements with tech companies over the collection of Illinoisans’ biometric data.

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law restricting where previously convicted child sex offenders can live is constitutional, although it left open the possibility that it was improperly applied to one Kane County individual.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the case of actor Jussie Smollett, who was convicted for staging a hate crime against him in 2019 in a case that drew criticism for Cook County’s top prosecutor.

Nate Miller, a Sycamore High School senior and a couple of dozen other students involved with the school’s Youth in Government Club received permission to skip class recently to see the Illinois Supreme Court in action on NIU campus in DeKalb.

The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to decide on the constitutionality of a new state law that says constitutional challenges to state laws and actions can only be filed in Cook or Sangamon counties.

Prosecutors seek to disqualify the longtime attorney for a former Joliet teacher charged with the murder of his wife in 2018. The case set for trial last February but that was delayed after more pretrial issues were raised.

The Illinois Supreme Court will leave its Springfield headquarters for a day this month to hear oral arguments at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, offering a chance for area students and the public to witness state court proceedings.

A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered former President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the March 19 Republican primary ballot but stayed her order until Friday to give time for an appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court.

Judge Dave Carlson, who challenged the Will County state's attorney in the 2012 election plans to leave the bench on April 30. The judge's term was set to expire in 2026.

Another event about the abolishment of cash bail under the SAFE-T Act will be held on Feb. 28 at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook.

A Will County judge has ordered two teens charged with hijacking a pregnant woman's vehicle in Joliet to stay in jail. One of those teens had been on pretrial release in a stolen vehicle case.

The Illinois Supreme Court has again denied a request from a Republican lawmaker seeking to repeal the state’s gun ban.

In response to questions over the case against Joliet mass shooting suspect's girlfriend, a police spokesman said investigators "continue their methodical investigation of this very complex case."

Staffing agencies – a fast-growing industry that employs nearly a million Illinoisans – are not exempt from the state’s antitrust law, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled late last week.

The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday as to whether the smell of cannabis alone is grounds for police officers to search a vehicle. Last spring, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the smell of marijuana is enough for police to search a vehicle.