Appeals to the Illinois Supreme and Appellate Courts

Index

• Title Page
• Caveats
• Preface
• About the Author
• Table of Contents
• I Organization of the Illinois Reviewing Courts
• II Appealability
• III Powers of Reviewing Courts
• IV Steps in Perfecting the Appeal Step One: Commencing the Appeal; Time Limitations
• V Perfecting the Appeal - Step Two: Notice of Appeal
• VI Perfecting the Appeal - Step Three: Stay of Judgment or Order; Bond
• VII Perfecting the Appeal - Step Four: Composition of the Record on Appeal
• VIII Perfecting the Appeal - Step Five: the Docketing Statement
• IX Perfecting the Appeal - Step Six: Transmission of the Record on Appeal to the Reviewing Court
• X Motions in the Reviewing Court
• XI Scope of Review
• XII Briefs
• XIII Prehearing Conference in the Appellate Court
• XIV Oral Argument
• XV Submission and Decision
• XVI Petition for Rehearing
• XVII Issuance of Mandate; Costs; Sanctions
• XVIII Appeals to the Illinois Supreme Court
• XIX Appeals Under Rule 306: Orders Granting New Trials and Granting or Denying Certain Motions
• XX Appeals Under Rule 307 (interlocutory Appeals as of Right)
• XXI Appeals Under Rule 308 (interlocutory Appeals by Permission)
• XXII Direct Review of Administrative Orders by the Appellate Court (rule 335)
• XXIII Review in the Illinois Supreme Court by Extraordinary Writ or Supervisory Order
• Appendix A The Judicial Districts of Illinois Supreme and Appellate Courts
• Appendix B Table of Time Requirements
• Appendix C Sample Forms
• Table of Illinois Supreme Court Rules Cited
• Index