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The individual defendant was dismissed from the case with prejudice in October, 2007. The plaintiff filed an amended complaint that included the individual defendant. On November 20, 2007, the trial court entered an order directing the plaintiff to remove the individual defendant from the caption and pleadings and also finding, […]

This case arose out of a bankruptcy in which the debtor sold a leasehold interest in a building to another party. The bankruptcy order approving the sale bars any claims based on pre-sale events. The lease requires the tenant to maintain the roof in good condition. The landlord sued the […]

In this case, the defendant’s postjudgment motion was “stricken, with prejudice” for failure to appear at a clerk’s status call, the defendant did not move to vacate the order striking the motion within 30 days, and the defendant ultimately filed a notice of appeal more than 30 days after the […]

This decision is the Illinois Supreme Court’s review of an appellate court decision that was covered in an earlier post. See Appellate court disagreement about jurisdiction over pollution control certification dispute (12/22/2012). A two-justice majority of the appellate court panel held that the specific provisions of the Property Tax Code, not more […]

A wise lawyer once told me never to send a letter that I would be embarrassed to see quoted on the front page of the New York Times. Needless to say, the rule should extend to never filing a brief that one would be embarrassed to see quoted in an appellate […]