Supreme Court of Illinois
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The Supreme Court of Illinois is the highest judicial 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.[1] The district encompassing Cook County is represented by three justices, while the other four districts elect one each. 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.
The court has limited original jurisdiction, hears appeals of right in death penalty cases and cases where the constitutionality of laws has been called into question, and has a docket of discretionary appeal from the Illinois Appellate Court. Along with the state legislature, the court promulgates court rules for the state as a whole. 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 they govern initial licensing through the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar.
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[edit] Current Justices
- Robert R. Thomas, Chief Justice (2nd District)
- Thomas R. Fitzgerald (1st District)
- Charles E. Freeman (1st District)
- Rita B. Garman (4th District)
- Lloyd A. Karmeier (5th District)
- Thomas L. Kilbride (3rd District)
- Anne M. Burke, (1st District)
[edit] Previous Chief Justices
[edit] 2000 – Present
- Mary Ann G. McMorrow (2002-05) [4]
- Moses W. Harrison II (2000-02)
[edit] 1900 – 2000
- Michael Anthony Bilandic (1994-97)
- Thomas J. Moran (1988-90)
- William G. Clark (1985-88)
- Howard C. Ryan (1981-1984)
- Roy Solfisburg (1967-1969)
- Ray Klingbiel (1964-1967)
- Roy Solfisburg (1962-1963)
- Byron O. House (1959-60)
- Joseph E. Daily (1958-59)
- Ray Klingbiel (1956-1957)
- Joseph E. Daily (1951-52)
- William J. Fulton (1944-45)
- Charles C. Craig (1916-17)
- John P. Hand (1907)
- John P. Hand (1903)
- Carroll C. Boggs (1900-01)
[edit] 1818 – 1900
- Joseph N. Carter (1898-99)
- David J. Baker (1893-94)
- Joseph M. Bailey (1892-93)
- Sidney Breese (1873-74)
- Sidney Breese (1867-70)
- Pinkney H. Walker (1864-67)
- John Dean Caton (1857-64)
- Sidney Breese (1857)
- Walter B. Scates (1855-57)
- Samuel H. Treat (1849-55)
- William Wilson (1825-49)
- Thomas Reynolds (1822-23)
- Joseph Philips (1818-22)
[edit] References
- List of Chief Justices from Supreme Court's website
- Scammon, J. Young (1841). Illinois Reports v. 1, 2, 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, 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.
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