Subject Index Appellate Practice

On Feb. 4, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that successive postjudgment motions do not toll time for filing a notice of appeal.

On Dec. 22, 2020, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court dismissed an appeal as untimely, holding that a postjudgment motion substantively attacking the complaint instead of the judgment lacks tolling power for appeals purposes.

On February 26, 2018, the first district appellate court remanded, with direction, a case to the trial court to give proper admonishments regarding perfecting an appeal, and to allow the defendant the opportunity to file proper post-plea motions, per Rule 605(c).

The appellate process in section 11 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is amended to reflect that the filing of an appeal to the Appellate Court does not automatically stay the enforcement of the Board's order.

On November 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the attorney certificate required by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 604(d) does not have to be filed at or prior to a defendant's postplea motion.

On January 23, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court held that an oral ruling on a post-trial motion is not a final judgment for purposes of calculating the 30-day time limit for appeal. Instead, the final judgment was the law record entry made several weeks later.

On January 22, 2013, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, held that a dispute over a discovery order that arises in arbitration is not ripe for adjudication until a final award has been issued.