During its September term, the Illinois Supreme Court debated the scope of courts’ authority to intervene in academic investigations at the University of Illinois in order to require University officials to follow their own rules for such proceedings. Our detailed summary of the facts and lower court opinion in Leetaru v. Board of Trustees of … Continue Reading
Our reports on the oral arguments of the May term of the Illinois Supreme Court conclude this morning with Consiglio v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Consiglio involves a constitutional challenge to amendments the General Assembly enacted in 2011 to the Department of Professional Regulation Act. The amendments provide that a health care worker’s license is … Continue Reading
Our reports on the oral arguments of the Illinois Supreme Court’s May term continue with Keating v. City of Chicago. Keating poses an important question for Illinois motorists: are municipal red light ordinances constitutional? Our detailed summary of the facts and lower court holdings in Keating is here. Chicago has had a red light ordinance since July … Continue Reading
Our reports on the oral arguments during the May term of the Illinois Supreme Court continue with Bruns v. City of Centralia. Bruns poses a question with the potential to blow a significant hole in the open-and-obvious peril doctrine of tort law: does the doctrine apply when a reasonable property owner can reasonably expect visitors … Continue Reading
Our reports on the civil arguments during last month’s term of the Illinois Supreme Court begin with Slepicka v. State of Illinois, a decision from the Fourth District which poses two important and closely related issues for administrative law: what is the proper venue when challenging an administrative agency’s decision, and what happens if the … Continue Reading
On the final argument day of the May term, the Illinois Supreme heard The Board of Education of Peoria School District No. 150 v. The Peoria Federation of Support Staff, Security/Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association No. 114. Board of Education involves two questions: the constitutionality of a recent amendment to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act … Continue Reading
