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21 lis 2024 · Supreme Court of Illinois cases. FindLaw's database of Supreme Court of Illinois features decisions since January 1983. You can browse decisions by date and search by docket number, case title, and full text.
From the slavery question during the antebellum era to abortion and gay rights in more recent times, the Court has decided cases brought to it by individual litigants, and in doing so has shaped American constitutional and legal development.
On March 1, 1982, the Court unanimously denied that motion. On October 13, 1982, the parties presented an hour of argument; they respected our decision and did not attempt to argue the question of good faith.
Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983), is a Fourth Amendment case. [1] Gates overruled Aguilar v. Texas [2] and Spinelli v. United States, [3] thereby replacing the Aguilar–Spinelli test for probable cause with the "totality of the circumstances" test.
The Illinois Supreme Court concluded -- and we are inclined to agree -- that, standing alone, the anonymous letter sent to the Bloomingdale Police Department would not provide the basis for a magistrate's determination that there was probable cause to believe contraband would be found in the Gateses' car and home.
3 lip 2019 · In a 7 to 3 decision delivered by Justice William Rehnquist, the Supreme Court ruled that the anonymous letter and affidavit could be used to establish probable cause to issue a search warrant. The Gates' constitutional rights had not been violated.
Background and a Brief History and Guide to the Illinois Judicial System. The Illinois Supreme Court came into existence on December 3, 1818, when then President James Monroe signed an Act of Congress admitting Illinois to the United States as a state.
