Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 22, 2007
Something Is Rotten in the Courts of Illinois
Forum Column - What happens when the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court sues a small newspaper for defamation in that state's courts? A big payday for the justice and a lot of bad rulings.
By Lincoln D. Bandlow
One would hope that the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court would take one look at a recent $7Â million defamation verdict handed down by a Kane County jury, realize the trial was an unfair and unconstitutional mess, and reverse it. Oh, wait. That won't happen - that chief justice was the plaintiff.
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