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County Not Liable for Former Coroner’s Actions in Keeping Skull

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of a county in a civil rights lawsuit involving the former county coroner’s keeping of a family member’s skull as a tro...

The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech

Seventh Circuit Rejects Discrimination Claim by Candidate for Deputy Sheriff Position

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a county sheriff office’s decision not to hire a candidate for a deputy sheriff position, rejecting the candidate’s racial discriminatio...

Case Was Properly Dismissed Where Appeal Not Served on City

In Crane v. City of Rockford, an Illinois Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of an appeal of an administrative hearing officer’s issuance of fines for building code violations wh...

Citizen Was Not Entitled to Litigation Costs in Lawsuit Against PAC

A citizen filed two appeals with the Public Access Counselor of the Attorney General’s office (PAC) claiming a public body violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA). After the PAC had s...

Seventh Circuit Allows Fired Firefighter’s Discrimination Claims to Proceed

A federal appeals court has ruled that a former Illinois firefighter may continue pursuing his Title VII race discrimination and retaliation claims despite an adverse administrativ...

Claim That State Employee Was Unconstitutionally Demoted "Because She Did Not Share" Education Agency's Views on Race Ca...

From Spengler v. Coop. Educ. Serv. Agency 7, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Chief Judge… The post Claim That State Employee Was Unconstitutio...

Congratulations to Randy Barnett and Josh Blackman, Whose Work Was Cited by Justice Thomas's Dissent in Trump v. Barbara

The dissent cited Randy's Trump Is Right on Birthright Citizenship and an annotated transcript of John Marshall Harlan's 1897-98 Lectures on… The post Congratulations to Randy Barn...

State’s attorney’s office provides details on the coincidence, and an aunt’s tough decision, that led to charges against...

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. As Streetsblog recently reported, last Wednesday evening after bike crash survivor Dr. Ray Lee’s family met up with the Ride of Silence...

Standing-Marsy’s Law

Beckman sought review of a decision by the Wisconsin Crime Victims Rights Board that found no probable cause to believe Department of Justice officials had violated a crime victim’...

NCLA Targets Illinois FOID Law in New Federal Lawsuit

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. NCLA Targets Illinois FOID Law in New Federal Lawsu...

Bangstad denied ballot slot over signature shortfall

Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad was denied ballot access after failing to meet signature requirements, raising legal and election law issues. The post Bangstad denied ball...

In the Zone: Court Rejects "Equitable Estoppel" Claim of Property Owner

An Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of a municipality in a case brought by a property owner challenging the municipality’s zoning decisions relating to the owner’s commercia...

Appellate Court Affirms Decision to Allow GOP Gubernatorial Ticket into Public Campaign Finance Program