Created in 2007, the ISCHPC collects and archives the history of the Illinois Supreme Court.
In early Illinois history, lawyers would often substitute as judges in cases--Abraham Lincoln, for example. The practice ended in the 1870s due to some high profile cases. Read more in this month's Illinois Courts Connect.
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The Illinois Supreme Court is “Riding the Circuit” today. Follow the stream to watch session:
Watch BlueRoomStream's 05-11-2023 Illinois Supreme Court (Case No. 128269, Case No. 128609) on Livestream.com.
The Commission’s 2022 annual report is now available. Read to learn about the learning center, digitization grant, and History on Trial.
We had a great History on Trial: Chicago "Black Sox" event October 25 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum." Erika Harold guided the audience through the historical context. The actors did an amazing job with the theatrical presentation, led by a wonderful production crew. The panel discussion with Scott Szala, Mary Robinson, Jacob Pomrenke, Raymond Doswell, Ed.D., and William Lamb delved deeper into the topics of sports gambling, the law, and the Negro Leagues. Thanks also to the Chicago White Sox for their steadfast support.
Tickets are still available for the Chicago production, at the Spertus Institute, 610 S. Michigan Ave. on November 2 at 6:30 pm. The Illinois State Bar Association will be providing MCLE. Get your tickets at illinoiscourthistory.org/history-on-trial
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Think you know everything about the 1919 Chicago White Sox World Series scandal?
Join us October 25 in Springfield or November 2 in Chicago for an evening exploring White Sox history with a theatrical production and panel discussion of baseball and legal experts.
The story is more complex than the myths that have surrounded the “Black Sox”
For details and ticket information: https://www.illinoiscourthistory.org/history-on-trial/
For our legal colleagues, I will be making a presentation on Friday, September 9, 2022 at Lerna, Illinois on "Lincoln's Legal Cases Involving Slavery" at the 4th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legal Legacy: Lessons for Today’s Lawyers Overcoming Prejudice and Racial Discrimination in the Legal Profession. The seminar is presented by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Association and qualifies for 6.0 hours MCLE credit, including 6.0 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit (subject to approval). To register
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Theophilus W. Smith is the only justice in Illinois’s 203 year history to have been impeached. Find out why and what happened….
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Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission Receives Grant to Digitize Case Files A new project will make early Illinois Supreme Court case files more accessible to the public. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded the Illinois Supreme Court Hist...
The Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission just learned that we received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to digitize Illinois Supreme Court case files from 1818 to 1865. The end product will be a freely accessible website to allow researchers to find cases and view images from approximately 3,600 case files.
Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall has awarded 37 grants totaling $4,805,764 for projects in 19 states and Puerto Rico to improve public access to historical records. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Co...
The Peoria French Claim cases in Illinois lasted decades with dozens of cases going to SCOTUS. Find out what happened to the French settlement in Peoria and their legal efforts to reclaim their land.
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The Matson Slave Case is considered the most enigmatic case in Abraham Lincoln’s law practice since he defended a slave-owner. Join Dr. Samuel Wheeler and John Lupton on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 7:00 pm (Central) as they discuss the case as part of the Looking for Lincoln conversations.
One of the most famous cases Abraham Lincoln handled during his 25-year legal career involved the runaway slave Jane Bryant. It is well known because the antislavery Lincoln represented the slaveowner Robert Matson. John Lupton and Dr. Samuel Wheeler will discuss the case in detail and why it contin...
In honor of women's history month, read about the amazing career of Catharine Waugh McCulloch, who was best known for the women's suffrage movement but also was the first woman in Illinois to serve in a judicial capacity.
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts contains Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Court information, including judges, and the opinions of the Supreme and Appellate Courts..
Tune into WGN radio 720 at 3:30 on Sunday, February 6, 2022 to hear John Lupton speak about Lincoln’s law practice with Karen Conti.
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In the 1800s, reform schools were one way to manage a growing juvenile delinquency problem. Learn about an Illinois Supreme Court case dealing with one reform school in Chicago.
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1048/Illinois-Supreme-Court-history-Reform-school/news-detail/
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Learn about Dr. Samuel Wheeler’s research into Elizabeth Packard’s legal battles against her husband and patriarchal 19th century mental health laws.
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1037/Illinois-Supreme-Court-history-Elizabeth-Packard-and-mental-health-laws/news-detail/
In the early 1800s, Illinois and Missouri fought over the course of the Mississippi River at St. Louis. Learn about the law case in this month’s Illinois Courts Connect.
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1024/Illinois-Supreme-Court-history-Battling-for-the-Mississippi-River/news-detail/
Check out Mason Seggebruch's latest article. Mason is a graduate student @ UIS and did a Summer Internship with the Commission.
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/1007/Illinois-Supreme-Court-history-Seneca-dog-bite-case/news-detail/
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The first fingerprint case in the United States that resulted in a conviction occurred in Illinois. For more details, see
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In April 2021, John Lupton made a Zoom presentation on Governor Edward Coles to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Edward Coles/Sally Lincoln Chapter.
In April 2021, John Lupton made a Zoom presentation on Governor Edward Coles to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Edward Coles/Sally Lincoln Chapter.
Join John Lupton and Samuel Wheeler on Wednesday June 16 at 7:00 pm CDT, for a conversation on Abraham Lincoln's legal practice before the Illinois Supreme Court. The program is sponsored by the Looking for Lincoln National Heritage Coalition, a not-for-profit organization that works with 43 counties in Illinois to tell quality stories about Abraham Lincoln's life and times.
https://www.lookingforlincoln.org/events/event/65/abraham-lincoln-and-the-illinois-supreme-court
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Abraham Lincoln’s most important work as a lawyer occurred at the Illinois Supreme Court although his circuit riding has long attracted interest and attentio...
Are you an Illinois attorney looking for CLE? Join the Lincoln the Lawyer webinar with Director John Lupton
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To vaccinate or not was a societal question long before COVID. Read about Illinois lawsuits over the smallpox vaccine in the latest Illinois Courts Connect newsletter.
https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/News/930/Illinois-Supreme-Court-history-School-Vaccinations-and-Smallpox/news-detail/
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The most common action in Illinois in the 19th century was assumpsit. To learn more, see the latest article in the Illinois Courts Connect newsletter.
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In the nineteenth century and well into the early twentieth century, assumpsit was by far the most common action in the Illinois court system. In its most general form, assumpsit was a remedy to recover damages for any failed contract—oral or written—not under seal. In Willenborg v. Illinois Cen...
In honor of women’s history month, John Lupton examines Illinois’s connection to the so-called “tampon tax.”
http://illinoiscourts.gov/Media/enews/2021/022221_SC_History.asp
In January 2021, the United Kingdom became the latest country to eliminate taxes on feminine hygiene products. Illinois has had a long history on this issue, dating from the 1970s through an Illinois Supreme Court case in the 1980s, changes in regulations, and culminating in a new law in 2016 that m...
Check out the Commission's 2020 Annual Report:
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The Commission is devastated by the death of its Chairman, James R. Thompson, former Governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. In addition to his long political career, Governor Thompson enjoyed a long legal career in the Cook County State’s Attorney Office, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and as Chairman of Winston & Strawn. In the State’s Attorney’s office, Thompson handled many criminal appeals to the Illinois Supreme Court and noted that perhaps only Abraham Lincoln had more cases before the state’s highest court than he did. His interest in the law and historic preservation made him well suited to be the Chairman of the Commission, and Thompson guided it through several fiscal crises with his deep understanding of state government. He attended many Commission events, assisted with fundraising, and was the keynote speaker at an event in Nauvoo. The Commission is uniquely situated to preserve his legacy as a preservationist and lawyer.
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Justice Charles E. Freeman, who had a long and distinguished career on the Illinois Supreme Court from 1990 to 2018 and was the first African American to serve on the Court and as Chief Justice, passed away on March 2, 2020. He was 86.
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On February 18, 1970, the “Chicago Seven” were acquitted in their conspiracy trial. The “Chicago Seven” were protesters who had been charged by the federal government for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago. Two days later, five of the seven were sentenced to five years in prison for crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot.
Myra Bradwell was born February 12, 1831. She would go on to be the first woman in the U.S. to apply to become a lawyer.
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Adjudicating Illinois: Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court is a biographical compilation of the lives and careers of the 117 individuals (113 men and 4 women) who have sat on the Supreme Court of Illinois since 1818. The roster of justices includes governors, senators, a presidential candidate, a professional football player, and career lawyers and judges. Part reference and part narrative, Adjudicating Illinois tells the story of Illinois through the people who decided the state’s paramount issues and through the cases that demonstrate changes in society, agriculture, technology, and many other issues affecting Illinois and beyond.
About the author: John A. Lupton is the Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission. He joined the Commission in 2009. Previously, he worked 18 years with the Lincoln Legal Papers/Papers of Abraham Lincoln project to make Lincoln’s legal papers available to the public in two award-winning publications. He is the author of numerous works on Abraham Lincoln and legal history, including the editing of Prairie Justice: A History of Illinois Courts Under French, English and American Law.
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The list features nine Illinois Supreme Court cases including Myra Bradwell’s attempt to become a lawyer, Vashti McCollom’s attempt to keep separate church and state, and Joseph Jarrot’s attempt to sue for his freedom from slavery.
In honor of the Illinois bicentennial, Illinois Archives staff has compiled a list of the 100 most valuable documents in our collection. Any list like this is, almost by definition, subjective. How does one define most valuable? The Illinois State Archives is the repository of all official Illinois....
The American Association of State and Local History has published its latest Technical Leaflet, #277, entitled “How to Find and Use Legal Records.” It was authored by John Lupton and is intended for museums and historical societies that want to incorporate legal records into their programming. The Leaflet can be accessed here:http://download.aaslh.org/history+news/2017/Winter+2017+with+TL.pdf
In 2014, the Commission examined civil rights with trial presentations on Joseph Smith’s habeas corpus hearings. One case we focused on was Ex Parte Milligan. Illinois State University and the David Davis Mansion are sponsoring a conference to mark the 150th anniversary of ex parte Milligan (1866) on September 22-24, 2016 at the Marriot Hotel, Normal Illinois.
Written in Bloomington, Illinois, Davis’s decision held that trial by military commissions was acceptable only where there was a real war and where civilian courts were impaired. Long dormant, Milligan has assumed new centrality in our political and constitutional debates arising out of the so-called “war on terror.”
The conference will feature break out panels, plenary sessions and keynotes by Constitutional scholars Michael Les Benedict and Louis Fisher. The goal is to explore both historical and contemporary implications of this understudied landmark decision. The decision is rich in significance for the study of civil liberties in wartime, Civil War politics, Reconstruction, the emergence of the Bill of Rights, the rise of legal liberalism, as well as recent questions surrounding detainees at Guantanamo Bay and the use of military commissions.
Full details can be accessed at http://milliganconference.illinoisstate.edu/.
Ex parte Milligan at 150 is an academic conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the Ex parte Milligan (1866) decision of the Supreme Court. Papers and panels are currently being sought on issues relating to the decision as well as current considerations on civil liberties and the war on terror.
Prairie Justice won the Superior Achievement Award for Scholarly Publications at the Illinois State Historical Society’s annual awards ceremony on Saturday, 4/24.
Presentation of the 2016 George N. Leighton Justice Award to be held at 5:30 p.m., April 26, 2016, at the law firm of Winston & Strawn, 35 W. Wacker Dr., in Chicago. Follow link for full press release -
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The Illinois State Historical Society has notified the Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission that Prairie Justice: A History of the Illinois Courts under French, English, and American Law will be honored at the Annual Awards program. The book was written in the 1950s by Roger Severns. Commission Director John Lupton edited the manuscript, and Southern Illinois University Press published it in 2015.
A concise legal history of Illinois through the end of the nineteenth century, Prairie Justice covers the region’s progression from French to British to early American legal systems, which culminated in a unique body of Illinois law that has influenced other jurisdictions. Written by Roger L. Severn…
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First Woman Executed Mary Surratt was charged and convicted for co-conspiring the Abraham Lincoln assassination, and she was the first women to be executed by the United States federal government. Mary was born in 1832 in Maryland, and she was a deeply devote Catholic. After her husband died in 1862, Mary ran a boarding house in Washington D.C., which became the nest for the conspirators planning in the months before the assassination. The newspapers vilified and demonized her throughout the trial claiming she "sinned against the light more then any of her associates." President Andrew Johnson said "She kept the nest that hatched the egg." She and the other charged conspirators were tried under a 12 member military tribunal. Based on questionable testimony, the tribunal found Mary Surratt guilty and sentenced her to be "hanged by the neck until she be dead." Mary claimed innocence throughout the entire trial. At 1:22 P.M. on July 7, 1865 Mary was executed at the Old Arsenal Prison. Was Mary Surratt convicted for playing a part in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, or was she tried out of revenge for the murder of a nation's beloved president?
First Woman Executed Mary Surratt was charged and convicted for co-conspiring the Abraham Lincoln assassination, and she was the first women to be executed by the United States federal government. Mary was born in 1832 in Maryland, and she was a deeply devote Catholic. After her husband died in 1862, Mary ran a boarding house in Washington D.C., which became the nest for the conspirators planning in the months before the assassination. The newspapers vilified and demonized her throughout the trial claiming she "sinned against the light more then any of her associates." President Andrew Johnson said "She kept the nest that hatched the egg." She and the other charged conspirators were tried under a 12 member military tribunal. Based on questionable testimony, the tribunal found Mary Surratt guilty and sentenced her to be "hanged by the neck until she be dead." Mary claimed innocence throughout the entire trial. At 1:22 P.M. on July 7, 1865 Mary was executed at the Old Arsenal Prison. Was Mary Surratt convicted for playing a part in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, or was she tried out of revenge for the murder of a nation's beloved president?
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