Update: ILP v. Madigan

The Seventh Circuit has just issued an order (.pdf download) denying plaintiffs’-appellants’ motion for injunction pending appeal and affirming the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in ILP v. Madigan.  The two page order states simply that the three-judge panel at the Seventh Circu...
October 24, 2012

Legal Current Events

The ISBA reported last week that Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride and the Illinois Supreme Court announced (.pdf download press release) the "formation of a long-range planning committee to serve as a 'think tank' to better adapt Illinois courts to future trends in economic, technological, scientifi...
October 18, 2012

Legal Current Events: Preliminary Injunction Denied in ILP v. Madigan

On Friday, a judge for the Northern District of Illinois denied Illinois Liberty PAC’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Illinois’ campaign donation limits in ILP v. Madigan. The court issued a 22-page opinion (.pdf download) along with the order denying the injunction. The campaign donat...
October 8, 2012

Current Legal Events: The Supreme Court Starts a New Term

This is the first week in October, so the Supreme Court is back in session. Two cases of interest to us here at Chicago  Appleseed are an immigration case and a Fair Debt Collections Practice Act case. As always, SCOTUSblog offers an excellent primer on both cases. The immigration case, Chaidez v....
October 4, 2012