Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 25 — Appellate Court Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Appellate Court Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P

(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 89-719, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 1. (a) A branch of the appellate court is established in each of the 5 judicial districts as such districts are determined by law. (b) In the first judicial district, 18 appellate court judges shall be elected. (c) In the…

Clerk's salary - destruction of records

Clerk's salary - destruction of records. (a) The ordinary and contingent expenses of operating the offices of the clerks of the branches of the Appellate Court, including salaries, shall be determined by the Supreme Court and paid from the State Treasury on the warrant of the Comptroller out of appropriations made for…

In case of reversal and remandment by the Supreme Court of any cause or proceeding removed thereto from the Appellate Court, upon the filing in such Appellate Court of a certificate of such reversal and such remandment the clerk of the Appellate Court shall have the right to issue a fee bill for all such costs as accru…

Every such clerk shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond, with one or more sureties, to be approved by one of the justices of the supreme court of this state, which bond shall be in such penalty, not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), as may be fixed by such justice, payable to the People…

In all cases, other than those appealable directly to the Supreme Court as provided by Section 4 of Article VI of the Constitution or by rule of the Supreme Court, appeals from final judgments of a circuit court lie as a matter of right to the appellate court in the district in which the circuit court is located, excep…

Appeals from the appellate court shall lie to the Supreme Court as a matter of right only (a) in cases in which a question under the Constitution of the United States or of this state arises for the first time in and as a result of the action of the appellate court, and (b) upon the certification by a division of the a…

The appellate court shall be vested with all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all its judgments and determinations in all matters within its jurisdiction, according to the rules and principles of the common law and of the law of this State. (Source: P.A. 83-362.)

Each branch of the appellate court may grant relief by mandamus to cause a proper record to be duly certified, or made and certified, or to cause any other act to be done which may be necessary to enforce the due administration of justice in all matters, actions or proceedings, which could or might by appeal or in any…

The sheriff of the county in which a branch appellate court may be held, shall attend upon its sittings and perform such duties, under the order and direction of the court, as are usually performed by such officer, and such as the branch appellate courts shall from time to time require; and shall be entitled to the sam…

The appellate court shall sit at the places prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court

The appellate court shall sit at the places prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court. Where necessary, the judges of any division may rent suitable rooms for the holding of court and for the use of the officers thereof at a rental not exceeding the amount appropriated therefor from time to time by the General Assembly;…