People v. Fredrickson — affirmed revocation of pretrial release based on new felony charges
Case The People of the State of Illinois v. Paul M. Fredrickson Court Illinois Appellate Court, Second District Judge McLAREN
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People v. Thomas — Illinois appellate court affirms firearm conviction and 10-year sentence
Case The People of the State of Illinois v. Milan T. Thomas Court Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District Judge
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In re Marriage of Raine — Illinois court allows retirement annuity to satisfy maintenance arrearages
Case In re Marriage of Cynthia V. Raine, Petitioner-Appellee, and Talmage J. Raine, Respondent-Appellant Court Appellate Court of Illinois, Third
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Marchi v. Centrust Bank — Illinois appellate court affirms judgments against bank and dismisses shareholders’ default-judgment appeal
Case David Marchi, derivatively on behalf of Matthew Christopher, Inc., an Iowa Corporation v. Centrust Bank, N.A. Court Appellate Court
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People v. 2017 Lexus RX 350 — Illinois Appellate Court clarifies that trial courts retain in rem jurisdiction over seized property even after the State voluntarily dismisses a forfeiture complaint and must issue a disposition order, but claimants are not automatically entitled to immediate return.
Case THE PEOPLE ex rel. THOMAS A. HAINE, State’s Attorney of Madison County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 2017 LEXUS RX 350,
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People v. Hancock — Illinois appellate court upholds child sexual-assault conviction despite disputed location evidence
Case The People of the State of Illinois v. Charles Benjamin Hancock Court Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District Judge Vancil
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People ex rel. Laskowski v. Axiom Financial Services — Court revives suit over unlicensed mortgage-debt collection
Case People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Mark Laskowski v. Axiom Financial Services, LLC Court Illinois Appellate Court,
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Argus Investment — Vacancy exclusion barred flood coverage; summary judgment affirmed
Case Argus Investment, Inc. v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Second Division Judge McBride
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Roake v. Whittington — reversed denial of arbitration and sent arbitrability to the arbitrator
Case Steve Roake v. S. Mark Whittington, Jeff Jewell, John Barnak III, and Next Realty Age, LLC, d/b/a Inspire Realty
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Scott — Court affirmed dismissal of discrimination charge and sanctioned counsel for AI-fabricated citations
Case Kimberly Scott v. Illinois Human Rights Commission, Department of Human Rights, and Starbucks Coffee Company Court Illinois Appellate Court,
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People v. Salinas — Reversed the dismissal of Salinas’s actual-innocence claim because postconviction counsel did not establish reasonable assistance
Case The People of the State of Illinois v. Jose R. Salinas Court Illinois Appellate Court, Second District Judge Schostok
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Morris — affirmed the no-probable-cause ruling continuing his secure confinement
Case In re Detention of Gregory Morris Court Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District Judge Steigmann (appointment info not available) Date
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People v. Reyes — revived a young adult’s constitutional sentencing claim and ordered an evidentiary hearing
Case The People of the State of Illinois v. Andres Reyes Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District Judge Ocasio (appointment
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In re Marriage of Thomas — Reallocated marital assets to account for care of a disabled adult son
Case In re Marriage of Darryl Thomas and Regina Thomas Court Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District Judge Ellis (elected
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People v. Jenkins — affirmed denial of a premature retail-theft expungement petition
Case People of the State of Illinois v. Desiree C. Jenkins Court Illinois Appellate Court, Third District Judge Hettel (Illinois
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Warren S. Winkler, LLC v. Weld All, Inc. — Court reverses $10,000 default and orders a trial on the merits
Case Warren S. Winkler, LLC v. Weld All, Inc. Court Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District Judge Davenport (Supreme Court
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4310-4322 N Clarendon Condominium Ass’n v. Klein — Fee waiver under Illinois’s Code of Civil Procedure does not shield litigant from contractually or statutorily mandated attorney fees owed to opposing party
Case 4310-4322 N. Clarendon Condominium Association v. David Klein Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Fifth Division Judge Mary K.
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People v. Lee — Illinois court affirms sanctions barring officer’s testimony for destroying traffic-stop video
Case People of the State of Illinois v. Johnny J. Lee Court Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District Judge Mark
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Wickersheim v. Broderick — Court affirms Sherman Hospital failed to establish privilege for disputed records, but vacates contempt sanction
Case Diane Wickersheim, as Guardian of David Kozlowski v. Richard Broderick, M.D., et al. Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District
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In re E.V. — Appellate court affirms termination of mother’s parental rights where she failed to comply with services and made insufficient progress toward reunification
Case In re E.V., a Minor (People of the State of Illinois v. Elizabeth V.) Court Illinois Appellate Court, First
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In re J.A. — Affirmed trial court’s return of four children to father’s custody; rejected bias claim based on judge’s questioning and pretrial statement
Case In re J.A., Jr., S.A., E.C., and A.A., Minors Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District Judge Quish (Illinois Supreme
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People v. Bell — Appellate court remands because trial court failed to fully advise defendant of appeal rights under Rule 605(c)
Case People v. Bell, 2026 IL App (4th) 250994 Court Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District Judge Thomas M. Steigmann (appointment
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In re A.S. — Illinois appellate court reverses suspension of father’s visitation rights, holding trial court abused discretion
Case In re A.S., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois v. Eric M.) Court Illinois Appellate Court,
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Larsen v. Vaid — Employer must pay 100% of employee’s settlement costs even when reducing its recovery by statutory attorney fees
Case Larsen v. Vaid, 2026 IL App (1st) 252100 Court Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Second Division Judge D.B. WALKER