Supreme Court of Illinois
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Illinois Supreme Court | |
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Established | 1818[1] |
Location | Springfield, Illinois |
Coordinates | 39°47′53″N 89°39′10″W / 39.797928°N 89.652724°WCoordinates: 39°47′53″N 89°39′10″W / 39.797928°N 89.652724°W |
Motto | Latin: Audi Alteram Partem Hear the other side |
Composition method | Partisan election |
Authorized by | Illinois Constitution |
Appeals to | Supreme Court of the United States |
Judge term length | 10 years |
Number of positions | 7 |
Website | Official website |
Chief Justice | |
Currently | Anne M. Burke |
Since | October 25, 2019 |
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the State of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts. Each justice is elected for a term of ten years[2] and the chief justice is elected by the court from its members for a three-year term.
Jurisdiction[]
The court has limited original jurisdiction and has final appellate jurisdiction. It has jurisdiction in cases where the constitutionality of laws has been called into question, and discretionary jurisdiction from the Illinois Appellate Court. Until 2011, when Illinois abolished the death penalty, it had mandatory jurisdiction in capital cases. Along with the state legislature, the court promulgates rules for all state courts. Also, its members have the authority to elevate trial judges to the appellate court on a temporary basis.[3] The court administers professional discipline through the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee and it governs initial licensing through the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar.
The official reporter of the Illinois Supreme Court is Illinois Reports.
Districts[]
The Illinois Supreme Court is separated into 5 districts, with one Justice elected from each except the 1st, which elects three Justices. They are separated by county lines, as follows. As of 2018 Census estimates, the populations of the old districts are: 1st District: 5,194,000; 2nd District: 3,189,000; 3rd District: 1,805,000; 4th District 1,320,000; 5th District: 1,321,000.
These districts were established in 1963 and had not been updated in nearly sixty years, despite the Illinois Constitution's requirement that the four districts outside Cook County have "substantially equal population". The state legislature redrew districts these in 2021 to take effect in the 2022 elections, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed these changes into law.[4]
Below are the counties per district as was the case with the old districts. Only the first district has remained the same.
1st district[]
- Cook
2nd district[]
- Boone
- Carroll
- DeKalb
- DuPage
- Jo Daviess
- Kane
- Kendall
- Lake
- Lee
- McHenry
- Ogle
- Stephenson
- Winnebago
3rd district[]
4th district[]
5th district[]
Justices[]
While the justices of many states' supreme courts are expected to relocate to the state capital for the duration of their terms of office, the justices of the Illinois Supreme Court continue to reside in their home constituencies and have chambers in their respective appellate districts (for example, the three First District justices are chambered in the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago). The justices travel to Springfield to hear oral arguments and deliberate. Accordingly, the Illinois Supreme Courthouse includes temporary apartments for the justices' use while in Springfield.
Current justices[]
District | Justice | Born | Party | Joined | Term ends | Law school |
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1st | Anne M. Burke (Chief Justice) | February 3, 1944 | Democratic | 2006 | 2028 | Chicago-Kent |
Mary Jane Theis | February 27, 1949 | Democratic | 2010 | 2022 | San Francisco | |
P. Scott Neville Jr. | 1948/1949 (age 72–73) | Democratic | 2018 | 2030 | WashU | |
2nd | Michael J. Burke | October 28, 1958 | Republican | 2020 | 2022 | John Marshall |
3rd | Robert L. Carter | 1945/1946 | Democratic | 2020 | 2022 | Illinois |
4th | Rita B. Garman | November 14, 1943 | Republican | 2001 | 2022 | Iowa |
5th | David K. Overstreet | January 14, 1966 | Republican | 2020 | 2030 | Tennessee |
Previous justices[]
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2000–present[]
- Thomas R. Fitzgerald (2000–2010)
- Philip J. Rarick (2002–2004)
- Robert R. Thomas (2000–2020)
- Thomas L. Kilbride (2000-2020)
1900–1999[]
- Charles E. Freeman (1990-2018)
- S. Louis Rathje (1999–2000)
- Michael Anthony Bilandic (1994–1997)
- Mary Ann McMorrow (1992–2006)
- Moses Harrison (1992–2002)
- John L. Nickels (1992–1998)
- Benjamin K. Miller (1984–2001)
- Joseph F. Cunningham (1991–1992)
- James D. Heiple (1990–2000)
- Horace L. Calvo (1988–1991)
- John J. Stamos (1988–1990)
- Joseph F. Cunningham (1987–1988)
- Seymour Simon (1980–1988)
- Thomas E. Kluczynski (1978–1980)
- William G. Clark (1976–1992)
- Caswell J. Crebs (1975–1976)
- Thomas J. Moran (1976–1992)
- James A. Dooley (1976–1978)
- Howard C. Ryan (1970–1990)
- Joseph H. Goldenhersh (1970–1987)
- Charles H. Davis (2nd time, 1970–1975)
- Marvin Burt (1969–1970)
- Caswell J. Crebs (1969–1970)
- John T. Culbertson Jr. (1969–1970)
- Thomas E. Kluczynski (1966–1976)
- Daniel P. Ward (1966–1990)
- Robert C. Underwood (1962–1984)
- Roy Solfisburg (1962–1963)
- Byron O. House (1957–1969)
- Charles H. Davis (1st time, 1955–1960)
- Ray Klingbiel (1953–1969)
- Walter V. Schaefer (1951–1976)
- Harry B. Hershey (1951–1966)
- George W. Bristow (1951–1961)
- Ralph L. Maxwell (1951–1956)
- Albert M. Crampton (1948–1953)
- Joseph E. Daily (1948–1965)
- Jesse L. Simpson (1947–1951)
- Charles H. Thompson (1942–1950)
- William J. Fulton (1942–1954)
- June C. Smith (1941–1947)
- Loren E. Murphy (1939–1948)
- Walter T. Gunn (1938–1951)
- Francis S. Wilson (1935–1951)
- Elwyn Riley Shaw (1933–1942)
- Lott R. Herrick (1933–1937)
- Paul Farthing (1933–1942)
- Norman L. Jones (1931–1940)
- Warren H. Orr (1930–1939)
- Paul Samuell (1929–1930)
- Cyrus E. Dietz (1928–1929)
- Oscar E. Heard (1927–1928)
- Frank K. Dunn (1907–1933)
- Frederic R. DeYoung (1924–1934)
- Oscar E. Heard (1924–1933)
- Floyd E. Thompson (1919–1928)
- Clyde E. Stone (1918–1948)
- Warren W. Duncan (1915–1933)
- Albert Watson (1915–1915)
- Charles C. Craig (1913–1918)
- George A. Cooke (1909–1919)
- Frank K. Dunn (1907–1933)
- Orrin N. Carter (1906–1924)
- Alonzo K. Vickers (1906–1915)
- William M. Farmer (1906–1931)
- Guy C. Scott (1903–1909)
- James B. Ricks (1901–1906)
- John P. Hand (1900–1913)
1818–1899[]
- Carroll C. Boggs (1897–1906)
- Joseph N. Carter (1894–1903)
- James H. Cartwright (1895–1924)
- Jesse J. Phillips (1893–1901)
- Joseph M. Bailey (1888–1895)
- Jacob W. Wilkin (1888–1907)
- Benjamin D. Magruder (1885–1906)
- Simeon P. Shope (1885–1894)
- Damon G. Tunnicliff (1885–1885)
- David J. Baker Jr. (1888–1897)
- John H. Mulkey (1879–1888)
- David J. Baker Jr. (1878–1879)
- T. Lyle Dickey (1875–1885)
- Alfred M. Craig (1873–1900)
- John Scholfield (1873–1893)
- William K. McAllister (1870–1875)
- Benjamin R. Sheldon (1870–1888)
- John M. Scott (1870–1888)
- Anthony Thornton (1870–1873)
- Charles B. Lawrence (1864–1873)
- Corydon Beckwith (1864–1864)
- Pinkney H. Walker (1858–1888)
- Sidney Breese (1857–1878)
- Onias C. Skinner (1855–1858)
- Walter B. Scates (1853–1857)
- Lyman Trumbull (1848–1853)
- David M. Woodson (1848–1848)
- Jesse B. Thomas Jr. (1847–1848)
- William A. Denning (1847–1848)
- Norman H. Purple (1845–1848)
- Gustavus P. Koerner (1845–1848)
- James Shields (1843–1845)
- Jesse B. Thomas Jr. (1843–1845)
- John D. Caton (1843–1864)
- John M. Robinson (1843–1843)
- Richard M. Young (1843–1847)
- James Semple (1843–1843)
- John Dean Caton (1842–1843)
- Stephen A. Douglas (1841–1843)
- Samuel H. Treat (1841–1855)
- Walter B. Scates (1841–1847)
- Sidney Breese (1841–1843)
- Thomas Ford (1841–1842)
- Theophilus W. Smith (1825–1842)
- Samuel D. Lockwood (1825–1848)
- Thomas Reynolds (1822–1825)
- William Wilson (1819–1848)
- Joseph Phillips (1818–1822)
- Thomas C. Browne (1818–1848)
- William P. Foster (1818–1819)
- John Reynolds (1818–1825)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Judicial System". www.illinoiscourts.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ^ "Courts in Illinois". Illinois Supreme Court.
- ^ Appellate Court Act (705 ILCS 25/1(d)). Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ MANSUR, SARAH (2021-05-25). "Dems release proposal for new Supreme Court district maps". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
Bibliography[]
- List of Supreme Court Justices from Supreme Court's website
- Scammon, J. Young (1841). Illinois Reports v. 1 (2 ed.). Chicago: Gale & Burley.
- Gilman, Charles; Russell H. Curtis (1886). Illinois Reports v. 10. Chicago: Callaghan & Co.
- Peck, E. (1856). Illinois Reports v. 16. Chicago: D. B. Cooke & Co.
- Peck, E. (1869). Illinois Reports v. 16 (2 ed.). St. Louis: W. J. Gilbert.
- Peck, E. (1858). Illinois Reports v. 19. Chicago: D. B. Cooke & Co.
- Ewell, Marshall D. Illinois Reports v. 33.
- Freeman, Norman L. (1866). Illinois Reports v. 44. Callaghan & Co.
External links[]
- Springfield, Illinois
- Illinois state courts
- State supreme courts of the United States
- 1818 establishments in Illinois Territory
- Courts and tribunals established in 1818
- Government of Illinois