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 that are currently before the Illinois Supreme Court. All documents in this table are in PDF format. Case No. 129471 - Arlington Heights Police Pension Fund et al., appellants v. Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker, et al., appellees Date Filed Description 06/27/2023 Appellants’ Brief 03/14/2023Petition for Leave to Appeal09/13/2023Appellee's Brief09/13/2023Motion by Illinois Municipal League for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter.09/13/2023Motion by Associated Firefighters of Illinois for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter.09/21/23Amicus Brief by Illinois Municipal League09/21/23Amicus Brief by Associated Firefighters of Illinois 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 08/11/2023Opinion 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 08/22/2023Motion by Petitioners to supplement petition for leave to appeal Instanter.08/30/2023Order from the Supreme Court of Illinois: Motion by Petitioners to supplement petition for leave to appeal Instanter is allowed.08/30/2023Supplement to Petition for Leave to Appeal Case No. 129248 – James R. Rowe, Kankakee County State’s Attorney, et al., Appellees v. Kwame Raoul, in his official capacity as Illinois Attorney General, et al., Appellants. Date Filed Description 12/30/2022 Appellants’ Notice of Appeal 01/04/2023 Agreed motion by Appellants to accelerate briefing under Rule 311(b) 01/05/2023 Certification Order 01/23/2023 Agreed motion by Appellants for leave to file record on appeal in lead case Rowe v. Raoul, case No. 2022 CH 16, instanter 01/23/2023 Order allowing agreed motion for leave to file record on appeal in lead case Rowe v. Raoul, case No. 22 CH 16, instanter 01/25/2023 Agreed motion by Appellants for leave to file corrected record on appeal in lead case Rowe v. Raoul, case No. 2022 CH 16, instanter 01/26/2023 Allowing Agreed motion for leave to file corrected record on appeal in lead case Rowe v. Raoul, case No. 22 CH 16, instanter 01/26/2023 Appellant's Brief 01/26/2023 Order allowing agreed motion by Appellants for leave to file corrected record on appeal in lead case Rowe v. Raoul, case No. 2022 CH 16, instanter 01/26/2023 Motion by Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of Appellants Instanter 02/01/2023 Brief of Amici Curiae Illinois Network for Pretrial JusticeAnd 389 Others in Support of Defendants-Appellants 02/03/2023 Order allowing motion by Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in support of Appellants Instanter 02/03/2023 Agreed motion by Appellants for leave to file remainder of record on appeal instanter and in its current format 02/03/2023 Order allowing agreed motion by appellants for leave to file remaining record on appeal instanter in its current format 02/17/2023 Appellee's Brief 02/27/2023 Reply Brief 02/17/2023 Motion by Sean Kennedy of the Maryland Public Policy Institute for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter 02/17/2023 Motion by Chicago FOP Lodge #7 for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter 02/28/2023 Order entered allowing motion by Sean Kennedy of the Maryland Public Policy Institute for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter 02/28/2023 Amicus brief by Sean Kennedy of the Maryland Public Policy Institute 02/28/2023 Order entered allowing motion by Chicago FOP Lodge #7 for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae in support of Appellees Instanter 02/28/2023 Amicus brief by Chicago FOP Lodge #7 07/18/2023Opinion Case No. 129249 - People State of Illinois ex rel. Robert B. Berlin, State's Attorney for DuPage County, and Jamie Mosser, State's Attorney for Kane County, Movants v. Kwame Raoul, Illinois Attorney General, et al., Respondents. Date Filed Description 12/30/2022 Movants’ Emergency Motion for Supervisory Order 12/30/2022 Order from the Supreme Court of Illinois: Motion by Movants for Supervisory Order is Allowed