Browse Illinois Supreme Court's 2025 caseload. 27 opinions with AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
Disability pension termination upheld for former police officer
Rainey v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on November 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintif...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Butler, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on November 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defe...
Appellate court affirms aggravated battery conviction based on circumstantial evidence of intent
People v. Hietschold, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on November 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant was convicted of aggravated battery after a jury found him guilty of in...
Statements Inadmissible After Invocation of Counsel
People v. Williams, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on November 20, 2025, resulted in a reversed outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court addressed whether a defendant's statements made during a custodia...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Johnson, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on October 31, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defe...
Illinois Supreme Court: Confession Admissible Despite Lengthy Interrogation
People v. Reed, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on October 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defenda...
Confession Admissible After Invocation of Silence if Voluntarily Reinitiated
People v. Smith, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on October 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court addressed whether a defendant's confession, obtained after he inv...
Qualified Immunity Shields City Officers from Fourth Amendment Claims
Bitner v. City of Pekin, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on September 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Bitner, sued the City of Pekin for alleged violations of his Fourt...
Appellate Court Affirms Professional License Suspension
Lavery v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on September 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a licensed professional, cha...
State's Attorney Lacks Authority for "People Ex Rel" Action
People ex rel Smith v. Tobin, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on September 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court's decision to dismiss a ...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Keys, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on September 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defen...
Statements of Opinion Protected from Defamation Claims
Stewart v. Rosenblum, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on September 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Stewart, sued the defendant, Rosenblum, for defamation, alleging that...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Class, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on August 28, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defenda...
Illinois Supreme Court: Defendant's statements to police were voluntary
People v. Muhammad, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on July 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defend...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Admissibility of Confession
People v. Hoffman, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on June 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defenda...
Illinois Supreme Court: Confession Admissible Despite Miranda Claims
People v. Thompson, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on June 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defend...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Admissibility of Confession
People v. Smart, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendant'...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Spencer, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on June 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendan...
Appellate Court Affirms Settlement Agreement Division of Retirement Assets
Hulsh v. Hulsh, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a affirmed outcome. The core dispute involved the interpretation of a settlement agreement in a divorce case, specificall...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Admissibility of Confession
People v. Cooper, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendant...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Cousins, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendan...
Restaurant ADA Violations: Court Rules Against Carbon on 26th, LLC
Andrews v. Carbon on 26th, LLC, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Andrews, sued the defendant, Carbon on 26th, LLC, for alleged vio...
Appellate Court Affirms Property Division and Attorney Fees in Divorce
In re Marriage of Tronsrue, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a affirmed outcome. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court's decision regarding the division of ...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Admissibility of Confession
People v. Dyas, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendant's...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Wallace, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defendan...
Appellate court strikes down village assault weapon ban as state law preempts
Village of Lincolnshire v. Olvera, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on May 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Village of Lincolnshire appealed a circuit court's decision that overturn...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
People v. Harris, decided by Illinois Supreme Court on April 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's decision, holding that the defenda...
CaseLawBrief tracks 27 opinions from Illinois Supreme Court in 2025. This includes published and unpublished decisions.
The most common legal topics were: Voluntariness Of Confessions (15 cases), Fifth Amendment Self Incrimination (10 cases), Miranda V. Arizona Warnings (10 cases), Waiver Of Constitutional Rights (10 cases), Totality Of The Circumstances Test For Confessions (6 cases).
Outcomes: Defendant Win: 23, Reversed: 1, Affirmed: 2, Plaintiff Win: 1.