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   State Courts - Illinois - September 19 - September 20, 2006

  
Ill. Native Am. Bar Ass'n v. Univ. of Ill., No. 1-06-0290, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, September 19, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Trial court properly dismissed action alleging that use of mascot by University of Illinois that was supposed to approximate American Indian chief violated Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Act did not create new civil rights and did not overrule 110 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 305/1f, which declared that mascot was to remain symbol of University.

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People v. Elizabeth McN. (In re Elizabeth McN.), NO. 4-06-0250, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FOURTH DISTRICT, September 19, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Insufficient evidence supported the patient's involuntary admission under 405 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/1-119(1). The psychiatrist testified that he did not believe that the patient would harm herself or anyone else. Mere speculation that the patient might be harmed by others failed to satisfy the burden for involuntary admission.

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People v. Luz M. (In re Janira T.), No. 1-06-0111, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, September 19, 2006, Opinion Filed
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Overview: Termination of the mother's parental rights was upheld where evidence showed, inter alia, that the mother did not complete any of the recommended services and did not visit the child in foster care on a regular basis, and that the child was in stable, appropriate, safe home, and had bonded with the foster mother, who wished to adopt the child.

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Radosevich v. Indus. Comm'n (Roman Catholic Diocese), NO. 4-05-0467, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FOURTH DISTRICT, September 19, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Trial court did not err in finding the employer refused to pay arbitration award made after claimant filed workers' compensation claim against employer; no authority required explicit refusal to pay before an 820 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 305/19(g) application could be filed and home healthcare award was not paid until eight months after it was due.

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People v. Lopez, No. 1-04-2172, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, THIRD DIVISION, September 20, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence was properly denied where evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant voluntarily accompanied the detectives to the police station. In addition, court found no evidence detective intentionally employed "question first-warn later" interrogation technique, previously found unconstitutional.

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People v. Woodard, No. 1-04-1981, APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS, FIRST DISTRICT, THIRD DIVISION, September 20, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Evidence did not require jury instruction on second-degree murder as 17 days that elapsed between injury suffered by defendant at hands of person defendant sought to murder was more than enough time for voice of reason and humanity to be heard. Solicitation conviction was upheld as intended victims of the solicitation differed from murder victim.

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