Illinois Supreme Court

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court of last resort judicial body state supreme court

The Illinois Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Illinois, responsible for interpreting state law and overseeing the state’s court system.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Illinois	10
Illinois Bar	1
Illinois Supreme Court (for rules and administrative guidance)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois
appliesToJurisdiction	Illinois ⓘ
authorizedBy	Article VI of the Illinois Constitution ⓘ
canReview	decisions of the Illinois Appellate Court ⓘ
city	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
compositionMethod	elected justices ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Illinois Constitution ⓘ surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1818
electoralDistricts	Fifth Judicial District ⓘ First Judicial District ⓘ Fourth Judicial District ⓘ Second Judicial District ⓘ Third Judicial District ⓘ
established	1818 ⓘ
function	court of last resort for Illinois state law ⓘ has original jurisdiction in limited cases ⓘ hears appeals from the Illinois Appellate Court ⓘ interprets Illinois statutes ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Illinois ⓘ oversees the Illinois court system ⓘ promulgates rules for Illinois courts ⓘ
governingDocument	Illinois Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Illinois
handles	attorney discipline in Illinois ⓘ judicial discipline recommendations ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	administrative supervision of all Illinois courts ⓘ appeals in cases where the death penalty was imposed before its abolition ⓘ appeals involving constitutional questions under Illinois law ⓘ disputes involving the validity of Illinois statutes ⓘ
hasPositions	7 justices ⓘ
highestCourtIn	Illinois ⓘ
includes	Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ six associate justices ⓘ
isPartOf	Judicial branch of Illinois ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
numberOfDistrictsRepresented	5 ⓘ
numberOfPositions	7 ⓘ
oversees	Illinois Appellate Court, First District ⓘ surface form: Illinois Appellate Court Illinois state court system ⓘ surface form: Illinois Circuit Courts
seat	Illinois Supreme Court Building ⓘ
selectionProcess	partisan elections followed by retention elections ⓘ
termLength	10 years for justices ⓘ 3 years for Chief Justice ⓘ
typeOfLaw	state law ⓘ
website	Illinois state court system ⓘ surface form: https://www.illinoiscourts.gov