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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Illinois Supreme Court canonical	31
Supreme Court of Illinois	17
Illinois Bar	1
Illinois Supreme Court (for rules and administrative guidance)	1
Illinois Supreme Court justice	1
Illinois Supreme Court justices	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

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Circuit Court of Cook County → supervisedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois → judicialBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Escobedo v. Illinois → originatingCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

James R. Thompson → memberOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Bar

Illinois state court system → highestCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois state court system → hasPart → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois state court system → governingBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Supreme Court → alsoKnownAs → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Constitution → createsCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Illinois Constitution of 1970

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County → worksWith → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Supreme Court (for rules and administrative guidance)

Illinois Appellate Court, First District → higherCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Appellate Court, First District → courtLevelBelow → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Otto Kerner Sr. → memberOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

22nd Judicial Circuit of Illinois → appealsTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. Chicago → lowerCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Attorney General → mayAppearBefore → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Supreme Court clerk’s office → jurisdiction → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Supreme Court clerk’s office → partOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Supreme Court clerk’s office → governingBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Supreme Court clerk’s office → subordinateTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Government of Illinois → highestCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Supreme Court Rules → promulgatedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Rules of Evidence → promulgatedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Supreme Court Building → occupant → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Illinois Supreme Court Building → governingBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

First Judicial District → partOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

First Judicial District → isElectoralDistrictFor → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illinois Supreme Court justices

First Judicial District → hasHighestCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Article VI of the Illinois Constitution → governs → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Article VI of the Illinois Constitution → topic → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois criminal law → interpretedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Article I Bill of Rights → isInterpretedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Article VI The Judiciary → establishes → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Article VI The Judiciary → highestCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Illinois

Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts → partOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts → supports → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts → governedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts → reportsTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Second Judicial District → governingBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Judicial District (Illinois Supreme Court)

Second Judicial District → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Judicial District (Illinois Supreme Court)

Second Judicial District → elects → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Judicial District (Illinois Supreme Court)

this entity surface form: Illinois Supreme Court justice

Second Judicial District → isElectoralRegionFor → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Judicial District (Illinois Supreme Court)

Third Judicial District → appliesTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Judicial District (Illinois)

Fourth Judicial District → relatedTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois state law → interpretedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County → appointedBy → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Fifth Judicial District → partOf → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Fifth Judicial District → governingBody → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Fifth Judicial District → appliesToCourt → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ

Illinois Code of Civil Procedure → appliesTo → Illinois Supreme Court ⓘ