Illinois Supreme Court January docket includes campaign fund use case – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear nine cases in its January term, including one on elected officials using campaign funds to pay legal fees.Oral arguments are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Jan. 19. The docket comprises five criminal cases and four civil cases.In Byron Sigcho-Lopez v. The Illinois State Board of Elections, et al., No. 1-20-0561, a Chicago alderman took aim at the common practice of Illinois elected officials dipping into their campaign funds to pay for lawyers.Sigcho …
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