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A P P E L L A T E

C 0 U R T

Total Caseload* All Case Categories

,481 P,162 ,903

3,113

1998 1 1999 1 2000

-41 9 r 7

Filed Disposed

Except for those cases appealed directly to the supreme court, a person has the right to request a review of a circuit court judge's decision by the appellate court.

The appellate court is organized into five districts. The first meets in Chicago, the second in Elgin, the third in Ottawa, the fourth in Springfield, and the fifth in Mt. Vernon.

E a c h district can have one or more divisions. There are six divisions in the first district and one in each of the other four. The supreme court assigns judges to the various divisions. The presiding judge of each division assigns judges to panels of three to hear appeals.

The number of appellate court judgeships, currently fifty-two, is determined by the legislature. The supreme court can assign additional circuit, appellate or retired judges temporarily to any district.

Judges are elected by voters in each district for ten-year terms, and may be retained for additional ten-year terms. Each judge has a support staff of two law clerks and a secretary.

Criminal Caseload 1998 --4,4;34334 1999

2000 /-4,07 - n." 1

4,016 - - _ _ __ - A 4,29 6

I I J , Y 4 1

I 3,858 4,432 2001 1

3 811 A f;f;n 2002 1

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Each district manages its own operations, subject to the overall authority of the supreme court. In the first district (Cook County), an executive committee exercises general administrative authority. This committee elects a chairperson and vice-chairperson for one year. In the other districts, judges select one of their members to serve as presiding judge for one year.

Appellate Court Administrative Matters

Civil Caseload* 5,047

1998 i I A ..an

I I4,11LY

I 14,111 I

2000 7 14 ,934 4,649

2001 -.49994 I 14,.112

,--4,47 9 ' 4.159 2002 - 1 ., , -,

Filed [7 Disposed

Filed 0 Disposed

*Totals include Industrial Commission Division Cases

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FIRST DISTRICT Circuit: Circuit Court

of Cook County

District Population: 5,376,74 1 (2000 census)

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APPELLATE JUDGES

DIVISION I Joseph Gordon, Presiding Judge Jill K. McNulty

Denise M. O’Malley James G Fitzgerald Smith

DIVISION 11 Margaret S. McBride,

Presiding Judge Robert Cahill

Anne M. Burke

DIVISION 111 Leslie E. South, Presiding Judge

Thomas E. Hoffman++ Shelvin Louise Mane Hall

Warren D. Wolfson*

DIVISION IV Mary Jane Theis, Presiding Judge Allen Hartman

Alan J. Greiman*+ Themis Kamezis*

DIVISION V Calvin C. Campbell,

Presiding Judge Patrick J. Quinn Ellis E. Reid*

Neil F. Hartigan

I - DIVISION VI Sheila M. O’Brien,

Presiding Judge John P. Tully

Michael J. Gallagher Margaret O’Mara Frossard*

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+ chair ++ vice-chair: Executive Committee; *circuit

judge assigned to appellate court

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State of Illinois Building Completed 1924; remodeled 1992

(Holabird & Root/CDB photo)

Criminal Caseload I 1998 ‘??(it

2,376 I 2,144 1999 1

2000 j--jj;,;;6 2,058

2001 I 1 2 3 3 4 t ,-7- -

2,533 11,772

2002

Disposed 0 Filed I Civil Caseload**

1998 ;-7g3 1999 ,-, ;:;;;

2,438 2000 1 - - . . I Z,U44

I I &14U

I Disposed Filed 1

Total Pending Caseload All Case Categories (including Industrial Commission Division Cases)

I 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

**Totals do not include Industrial Commission Division Cases

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SECOND DISTRICT Circuits (Counties):

APPELLATE JUDGES Susan F. Hutchinson, Presiding Judge

John J. Bowman Robert E. Byrne* R. Peter Grometer* Thomas E. Callum Frederick J. Kapala' Robert D. McLaren Barbara Gilleran Johnson Jack O'Malley

*circuit judge assigned to appellate court

I Criminal Caseload

1998 7-6837

743

n9 1665 1999 I

2000 - 449 625

2001 1 693

2002 7-LZ5 1

4 Disposed Filed

Civil Caseload** 1998 j j Q i i 9

I I /"7

I

758 1 8 2 6

779

2000 1 2001

813 - -~ J 717 2002 -1

4 Disposed u Filed

15th (Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle & Stephenson)

16th (DeKalb, Kane & Kendall)

17th (Boone & Winnebago) 18th (DuPage)

19th (Lake & McHenry)

District Population: 2,85 1,466 (2000 census)

Second District Courthouse - Elgin Completed in I966 (C. Jane Bradley photo)

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2001 2000 1999 1998 I 2o02


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Circuits (Couaties): 9th (Fulton, Hancock,

Henderson, Knox, McDonough &Warren)

10th (Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark & Tazewell)

12th (Will) 13th (Bureau, Grundy &

LaSalle) 14th (Henry, Mercer, Rock

Island & Whiteside) 21st (Kankakee & Iroquois)

District Population 1,611,568 (2000 census)

THIRD DISTRICT

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Third District Courthouse - Ottawa Completed in 1860 (Gist Fleshman photo)

Total Pending Caseload All Case Categories (including I a1 Commission Division Cases)

2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

APPELLATE JUDGES Tom Lytton, Presiding Judge

Tobias Barry

Mary W. McDade Daniel Schmidt

Kent

Criminal Caseload 1998 -ig 1999 - 7 1 ::i 2000 {-I 2001 f-<& 2002 1-1;

rn sed 0 Filed

Civil Caseload* 1998 w 9 1 518

1999 j-,;;;

2001 - 509

2002 1 471

510 J 491

500

2000 -j

478

Disposed 0 Filed

'Totals do not include Industrial Cornmission Division Cases

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FOURTH DISTRICT Circuits (Counties):

APPELLATE JUDGES Sue E. Myerscough, Presiding Judge

Robert W. Cook James A. Knecht John W. Turner

Thomas R. Appleton John T. McCullough Robert J. Steigmann

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Fourth District - Waterways Building (photo by Terry Farmer Photography, Inc.)

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1.225

2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

5th (Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar &

Vermilion) 6th (Champaign, DeWitt,

Douglas, Macon, Moultne & Piatt)

7th (Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan, Sangamon & Scott)

8th (Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Mason, Menard, Pike &

Schu y le r) 11th (Ford, Livingston, Logan,

McLean & Woodford)


Criminal Caseload 1998 4-185

400 1999 7 479

2000

4 Disposed 0 Filed

Civil Caseload* 1998 f-!!:,” 1999 I cc

4.547

I 35

2002 1 1552

Disposed Filed

‘Totals do not include Industrial Commission Division Cases

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Circuits (Counties). 1st (Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope,

Pulaski, Saline, Union & Williamson)

2nd (Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne &

White) 3rd (Bond & Madison)

4th (Christian, Clay, Clinton, EfEngham , Fay ette , Jasper,

Marion, Montgomery & Shelby)

20th (Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair &

Washington)


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I Criminal Caseload I 318

1998 3 I 272

1999 29 0 29 7

2000 7-26y1

363

I I I Disposed Filed I

--- I Fifth District Courthouse - Mt. Vernon Completed in 1857 (John J. Flood photo)

Civil Caseload** 5 87

1998 4 I L 1 0

520 1999 i I r m

470- 2000 3 1 5 5 6

2001 ---,:;: 5 22 / 509 2002 I

Disposed 0 Filed

APPELLATE JUDGES Terrence J. Hopkins,

Presiding Judge Melissa A. Chapman James K. Donovan*

Richard P. Goldenhersh Clyde L. Kuehn Gordon E. Maag Thomas M. Welch

*circuit judge assigned to the appellate court


2002 2001 2000 1999 1998


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