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The Role of Amicus Briefs at the Illinois Supreme Court (Part I)
The role of amicus curiae briefs in litigation before state Supreme Courts has been receiving scholarly attention during the past several years. Some have suggested that some interest groups have begun...
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The Role of Amicus Briefs at the Illinois Supreme Court (Part II)
Yesterday, we addressed the Illinois Supreme Court’s standards for granting leave to file amicus briefs. Today, we turn to the data. Civil cases which attract no amicus briefs are rare before the...
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How Many Amicus Briefs Does the Illinois Supreme Court Accept in the Average...
Last week, we completed our review of the Illinois Supreme Court’s dissents between 2000 and 2016. Today, we begin our analysis of the Supreme Court’s amicus briefs. We report total amicus briefs in...
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How Many Amicus Briefs Does the Illinois Supreme Court Accept in the Average...
Yesterday, we began our review of the Illinois Supreme Court’s experience with amicus briefs with the data for civil cases between 2000 and 2007. Amicus briefs were far less common on the criminal side...
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How Many Amicus Briefs Does the Illinois Supreme Court Accept in the Average...
Last week, we began our examination of the Illinois Supreme Court’s experience since 2000 with amicus briefs, analyzing the years 2000 through 2007 on both the civil and criminal side of the docket....
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How Many Amicus Briefs Does the Illinois Supreme Court Accept in the Average...
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the Illinois Supreme Court’s recent history with amicus briefs. Today, we turn our attention to the criminal and quasi-criminal docket between 2008 and...
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