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Oral argument — People v. Ellis

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 13, 2026

The state is not wrong that there are some conflicting comments about what recordings the defense ever received, but there's no question that it received a curated subset of what was gathered. … The final clean copy that went to the jury omitted this instruction.

Oral argument — People v. Mims

Oral argument · Oral argument · Sep 8, 2010

And based on his comments, it seems that he misunderstood the law of self-defense because Illinois case law is clear that you are not required to flee if you feel that you're threatened with deadly force … cites in the interest of SM, in that case, it's completely not analogous to the case of Barr, because in that case, there was four-on-one, the defendant tried to flee, he then fired a warning shot in the air

Oral argument — Menard, Inc. v. Country Preferred Insurance Co.

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 14, 2013

The negligent act, and here the negligent act, of course, there's no brick being dropped on it. The negligent act is Menard's... … That means they have a duty to defend us, period. That duty is triggered, the duty to defend, a very mild, a very relaxed, a very early analysis.

Oral argument — People v. Russell

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 9, 2015

But it's a cleaning stage, right? So it gets, it gets more difficult as you go up the stages. Okay, anything else, counsel, at this point? … Was it a significant period of time? Yes, he was checked into lockup at 2.30 in the morning on April 12th. He was checked out of lockup at 3.30 in the morning on April 12th, so an hour later.

Oral argument — People v. Irby

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 2, 2025

balance against that is the concern that there may not be enough defense attorneys willing to represent clients if those defense attorneys are constantly being threatened uh and i understand mr waller's comments … raising before this court and you're looking for an exception to that such as through the on almost every issue in the reply brief and certainly i do have reply i do have my reply brief uh has plain air

Oral argument — Kindel v. Tennis

Oral argument · Oral argument · Mar 2, 2011

I can't be more precise, but we would acknowledge it was for a fairly significant period of time prior to the date of injury. Doing primarily the same type of work? Including the same type of work. … The dog ran out of the back yard, his nose off in the air, excited from running back, and struck the 10-year-old boy in the head.

Oral argument — People v. Gonzalez

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 17, 2025

Historically, what ends up happening is the question usually ends up, assuming that the death doesn't occur in a relatively short period of time, was it necessary to shoot the opponent or defend yourself … Why was that not aired? Your Honor, the instruction is that he acted with the intention to prevent a forcible felony. It is not whether a forcible felony occurred at all.

Oral argument — Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. v. Workers' Coompensation Comm'n

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 17, 2017

And in Tolbert, they extended the time period, basically saying there is absolutely no way that Mr. … known that he had histoplasmosis before October 4th, which is when they did the biopsy, so we have hearing loss cases and other occupational disease cases, like pneumoconiosis, no one knows when that air

Oral argument — People v. Thomas

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 21, 2015

So at most you have a period of time from 1.57 a.m. to 2.12 a.m. when according to Sophia, what they do in that period of time is walk the rest of the way to her parents' house, they sit on the porch, … That certainly wouldn't take a long period of time.

Oral argument — In re The Estate of Strong

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 4, 2019

My comments will probably be reasonably brief, but not wanting to reiterate everything that you've already read. … Section 18-3 of the Probate Act.

Oral argument — People v. Evans

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 5, 2025

So, under Lemons, the Illinois Supreme Court has decided that for the purposes of determining this period of extended term eligibility, that 10-year period is set based on the defendant's final sentencing … I will say, I'll let you comment on this. You probably do agree that he did struggle during probation.

Oral argument — In re K.L.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 31, 2018

And then she complains that she acted paranoid and afraid. … Counsel made a comment that I believe to the effect of there was a problem with Spanish and English. That was never raised in the trial court. Ms. Acosta speaks Spanish.

Oral argument — Harden v. City of Chicago

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 15, 2013

Curatola, that was clean and clear. Excuse me, Curatola doesn't talk about conditions, but Marshall does. What were the facts in Marshall? … That's not what the act says. The act doesn't say that. The act says that they have a duty to people that are using the property in the way it's intended.

Oral argument — Metropolitan Life v. Hamer

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 15, 2012

Through their comments, we're thinking of known tax liability. … Because as I explained in my opening comments in the 1984 Act, because of how the program was designed there were a lot of income taxpayers that would not have been able to participate which would then

Oral argument — People v. Mason

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 3, 2016

behalf of the Supreme Court Rule 651C is to ensure that all pro se petitioners are provided proper representation when presenting claims of constitutional deprivation under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act … But that issue is up in the air. There's this one part that we quote in the briefs from the plea hearing, though, where it looks like a somewhat improper admonition.

Oral argument — Better Government Ass'n. v. Chicago City Council

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 18, 2023

So they're very plainly barred by the limitations period. … Just briefly, if I may, I want to address the comments about future injunctive relief.

Oral argument — Hampton v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 28, 2025

Again, going back to my earlier comments, Dr. Bedian, there's no requirement Dr. Bedian has to do his own modeling. But he did rely on Dr. … But that sounds to me like a claim that you failed to act or that you acted in an improper way, not that you failed to act. I mean, right?

Oral argument — Barnes v. Dart

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 10, 2023

So you think your position is that the mayor board abused its discretion or didn't have aired, whatever the terminology is, in discharging a law enforcement officer who has this relationship and is actually … They also failed to provide notice of a 48-hour period prior to any such meeting. And the executive director for the Board did confirm that there was no such meeting. So again, I think it is in Mr.

Oral argument — People v. Obiazi

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 21, 2018

Cook's affidavit says that he saw the defendant being tased apparently for no reason with his arm, while his hands were in the air and would corroborate that portion of the defense and that he was never … He didn't see the whole incident, but he did see the actual act of tasing. And, yeah, so they both would have corroborated the defense that this was all fabricated.

Oral argument — Yunker v. Farmers Automobile Management Corp.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 12, 2010

It requires an act by the insurer to terminate the policy before the expiration date. … The Sheriff's case and the Librisi case both commented, Librisi in particular, about making a tough decision on tough facts.