The Fifth District Appellate Court reversed Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld’s conclusion that the sale of an H&R Block franchise and the previous operator’s employment contract were the same transaction.
MT. VERNON The Fifth District Appellate Court has reversed Fayette County Judge Kevin S. Parker, finding that he erred in returning rents owed to the defendant bank.
MOUNT VERNON - Suspects who were already in jail when the SAFE-T Act went into effect may seek review or "elect to stand on the terms" of their pretrial conditions, Fifth District appellate judges ruled in two cases from Coles County.
The Fifth District Appellate Court found that the state’s new weapons ban violates the equal protection clause for the right to keep and bear arms under the Illinois Constitution, affirming a temporary restraining order and banning the state from enforcing the controversial law.
MOUNT VERNON – Fifth District appellate judges concluded that Madison County associate judge Martin Mengarelli's first criminal trial was spoiled as soon as it started.