The Fifth District Appellate Court upheld Madison County Associate Judge Anthony Jumper's ruling granting dismissal of an inmate's lawsuit alleging the sheriff's department failed to protect him from another inmate.
MOUNT VERNON – Traveling from Chester to St. Louis - through St. Clair County - didn’t qualify Randolph County residents Randall and Samantha Draves as St. Clair County plaintiffs, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on May 2.
MOUNT VERNON – Plaintiffs from Georgia can sue Cottrell Inc. of Georgia in St. Clair County over an incident that happened in Illinois 230 miles from Belleville, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on March 14.
MOUNT VERNON – Banning social media for sex offenders on supervised release violates the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on March 1.
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld correctly ruled that Bubby and Sissy’s bar in Alton didn’t cause Lori Schnaare to fall down its stairs, according to Fifth District appellate judges.