Cases

660 N.E.2d 250 (1996) 277 Ill.App.3d 16 214 Ill.Dec. 59 Michael CAVARRETTA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES et al., Defendants-Appellants (Community Consolidated School District No. 47, Defendant). No. 2-95-0462. Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. January 5, 1996.

JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. I disagree with the circuit court that the Department failed to provide Lyon with complete and timely discovery. The Department was not provided that discovery to disclose, and when it received the discovery, the

PRESIDING JUSTICE MYERSCOUGH, specially concurring in part and dissenting in part: I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part. I agree the ALJ’s decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, the ALJ was permitted to rely on hearsay evidence, and the ALJ correctly denied the motio

752 N.E.2d 1206 (2001) 323 Ill. App.3d 612 257 Ill.Dec. 26 Stephen BRIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The STATE of Illinois; George Ryan, Governor; and Jess McDonald, Director, Department of Children and Family Services, Defendants-Appellants. No. 4-00-0641. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District. June 28, 2001.

NO. 4-00-0641 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT STEPHEN BRIGGS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; GEORGE RYAN, Governor; and JESS MCDONALD, Director, Depart

¶ 1. DANIEL KELLY, J. The Wisconsin Department of Justice ("DOJ") has a policy and practice of creating and disseminating criminal history reports in a manner that, at times, indicates that some individuals who are wholly innocent of any criminal activity have a criminal history. The DOJ is aware its policy and practice can have this effect. There is, however, no procedure by which an affected individual can stop

JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) indicated a report of abuse against plaintiff, Mark Lyon, which was entered into the Department’s State Central Register pursuant to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (the Act) (325 ILCS 5/1 et seq.

NO. 4-03-0075 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT MICHAEL MONTALBANO, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of ) McLean County THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) No. 01MR186

664 N.E.2d 1083 (1996) 279 Ill. App.3d 355 216 Ill.Dec. 155 Alan ARENSON, d/b/a Almar Communications, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 2-95-0940. Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District. April 26, 1996. *1084 James E. Ryan, Attorney Gen

Gerrard, J. The appellant, Mary Shearer, was charged with child neglect after her 4-year-old son, J.S., disobeyed her instruction not to play in the cab of a pickup truck parked in her driveway. The *568child apparently moved the gearshift, allowing the truck to roll down the driveway and strike a parked car. The criminal charges against Shearer were dismissed, but th

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ Nos. 03-3071 & 03-3191 JEFF DUPUY, BELINDA DUPUY, PILAR BERMAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. BRYAN SAMUELS, Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services,

871 N.E.2d 178 (2007) Russell MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 1-06-0266. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division. June 15, 2007. Rehearing Denied July 23, 2007. *181 Alan Rhine, Law Offices of Alan Rhine, Chicago,

SIXTH DIVISION June 15, 2007 No. 1-06-0266 RUSSELL MORGAN, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of v.

SKILLMAN, J.A.D., concurring. *417Although I concur with the result reached by the majority, I disagree with the doctrinal foundation upon which its opinion rests. Therefore, I find it necessary to write separately. The majority opinion contains a lengthy discussion of the right to a trial-type hearing under the procedural due proce

218 S.W.3d 399 (2007) Mildred JAMISON, et al., Respondents, v. STATE of Missouri, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant. No. SC 87360. Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc. March 13, 2007. *401 Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Joel E. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., William R. Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Ge

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Jeff Dupuy, Belinda Dupuy and Pilar Berman brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of a class of persons who had been indicated as perpetrators of child abuse or neglect in reports maintained on the State Central Register of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS”). The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief, alleging that

141 F.Supp.2d 1090 (2001) Belinda DUPUY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jess McDONALD, Director, Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, in his official capacity, Defendant. No. 97 C 4199. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. March 30, 2001. *1091 *1092 Jeffrey

BROCK, C.J. In this petition for a writ of certiorari, the petitioner, James Preisendorfer, challenges a decision of a hearing panel of the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) that probable cause existed to add his name to the central registry based on allegations of child sexual abuse and inappropriate touchings. See RSA 169-C:35 (1994) (amended 1995). We vacate the decision and remand for pr