LATEST SUMMARIES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
• Ultsch v. The Illinois Mun. Ret. Fund
CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE
• People v. Houston
You May FREELY Redistribute This E-Mail in Whole
To view the full-text of cases you must
sign in to FindLaw.com.
FindLaw includes summaries of all Supreme and Appellate Court slip opinions posted on the official Illinois Courts site. FindLaw summaries include opinions that have not yet been released for publication and may be subject to modification, correction or withdrawal. Check the Illinois Courts site to determine if a specific opinion has been released before relying on that case as precedent.
LATEST SUMMARIES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Ultsch v. The Illinois Mun. Ret. Fund, No. 102232
In an action seeking administrative review of the denial of
plaintiff's application for temporary disability benefits which
sought to amend her complaint for administrative review to add the
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Board of Trustees as a defendant,
dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where section
3–103(2) of the Administrative Review Law did not allow plaintiff to
so amend her complaint. The Court declines to reach the question of
the constitutionality of Public Act 89–685, which amended section
3-103(2), and vacates the circuit court's order declaring Public Act
89–685 unconstitutional.
Read more...
CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE
People v. Houston, No. 102225
In a conviction for armed robbery where the defendant made a pro se
attempt to raise a Batson claim, the supreme court retains
jurisdiction and the cause is remanded with directions to hold a
hearing to reconstruct the record of voir dire proceedings where no
record was made of the voir dire process, and thus the court is
unable to determine whether the defendant has been prejudiced by
trial counsel's deficient performance.
Read more...
Back to newsletter list
