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2023 Supreme Court High-Profile Cases | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts

High-Profile Supreme Court Cases

This page displays information on high-profile cases heard before the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Case No. 129453 – Dan Caulkins et al., etc., appellees, v. Governor Jay Robert Pritzker, etc., et al., appellants. Appeal, Circuit Court (Macon).

Date Filed Description
03/06/2023 Appellants’ Notice of Appeal and Order
03/06/2023 Unopposed motion by Appellants to place appeal on an accelerated docket pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 311(b).
03/07/2023 Appellants' Docketing Statement
03/07/2023 Order regarding motion by Appellants to place appeal on an accelerated docket pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 311(b).
03/20/2023 Appellants’ Brief
03/30/2023 Motion by Appellees for recusal of Justices or, alternatively, that the Court disqualify the Justices from any involvement in the consideration of issues presented in this appeal
04/05/2023 Motion by State’s Attorneys of 33 Illinois counties for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of appellees
04/12/2023 Response to Motion by State’s Attorneys of 33 Illinois counties for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of appellees
04/13/2023 Appellee's Brief
04/14/2023 Amici Brief
04/14/2023 Order regarding motion by Appellee for recusal of Justice Rochford from any involvement in the consideration of issues presented in this appeal
04/14/2023 Order regarding motion by Appellee for recusal of Justice O’Brien from any involvement in the consideration of issues presented in this appeal
04/14/2023 Order regarding motion by Appellee for disqualification of Justices Rochford and O’Brien in the consideration of issues presented in this appeal
04/14/2023 Motion by Party Plaintiffs in Effingham County case No. 23 MR 4 for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of Appellees Instanter
04/25/2023 Order regarding motion by Party Plaintiffs in Effingham County case No. 23 MR 4 for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of Appellees Instanter
04/27/2023 Reply Brief of Defendants-Appellants
08/11/2023 Opinion
09/01/2023 Motion by Appellees to stay issuance of mandate pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 368(c) pending the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court
09/12/2023 Order allowing “Motion by Appellees" to stay issuance of mandate pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 368(c) pending the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court
01/22/2024 Petition by Appellees to vacate judgment with opinion entered August 11, 2023, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2-1401(a)
02/05/2024 Order denying Petition by Appellees to vacate judgment with opinion entered August 11, 2023, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/2-1401(a)

Case No. 129421 - Accuracy Firearms, LLC, et al., respondents, v. Jay Robert Pritzker, etc., et al., petitioners.

Date Filed Description
02/24/2023 Emergency Motion for Leave to File an Oversize Petition for Leave to Appeal
02/24/2023 Emergency Motion for Expedited Consideration of Petition for Leave to Appeal and any Subsequent Proceedings on Appeal
03/07/2023 Order entered denying Emergency Motion by Petitioners for Expedited Consideration of Petition for Leave to Appeal
03/07/2023 Order entered allowing Emergency Motion for Leave to File an Oversize Petition for Leave to Appeal
03/07/2023 Petition for Leave to Appeal
03/20/2023 Answer to Petition for Leave to Appeal
03/31/2023 Motion by petitioners to hold petition for leave to appeal in abeyance pending disposition in case No. 129453, Caulkins v. Pritzker
04/18/2023 Order regarding motion by petitioners to hold petition for leave to appeal in abeyance pending disposition in case No. 129453, Caulkins v. Pritzker
08/22/2023 Motion by Petitioners to supplement petition for leave to appeal Instanter.
08/30/2023 Order from the Supreme Court of Illinois: Motion by Petitioners to supplement petition for leave to appeal Instanter is allowed.
08/30/2023 Supplement to Petition for Leave to Appeal
01/24/2024 PLA denied with supervisory order