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The Office of the Illinois Courts provides information about the Illinois court system, including Circuit Courts, Appellate Courts, and the Supreme Court.
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In Illinois, the circuit court is the court of original jurisdiction. There are 25 judicial circuits in the state, of which seven are single county circuits (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, St. Clair and Will). and the remaining eighteen circuits comprise as few as two and as many as twelve counties each.
How Cases Proceed Through the Court System. Illinois has had a unified court system since 1964. In that year, voters approved an amendment to the 1870 Constitution which made major changes in the system. Prior to 1964, the court system was fragmented.
The judiciary of Illinois is the unified court system of Illinois primarily responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Illinois. It consists of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, and circuit courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.
A map of Illinois breaking out its twenty-five total judicial circuits as of December 5, 2022. The Illinois circuit courts are state courts of the judiciary of Illinois. They are trial courts of original and general jurisdiction.
Courts of Illinois include: Illinois Supreme Court building, in Springfield, Illinois The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, headquarters of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. State courts of Illinois
The structure of the Illinois court system is found in the Illinois Constitution. In 1964, the voters approved substantial changes to the Judicial Article of the Constitution, and most of those
