In the case Benjamin v. McKinnon, the plaintiff sought an extension of protection orders she had against two defendants, a father and son. The trial court awarded the order of protection against the son, but not against the father.
Myra Bradwell petitioned to be admitted to the bar and to be allowed to practice law, but was denied by the Supreme Court of Illinois, see: In re Bradwell, 55 Ill. 535 (1870).
The petitioner filed for an order of protection for her minor child against the respondent, Bradley W., the child’s father. On appeal, the father argued that the trial court erred in applying section 606(e) of the Marriage Act to admit the minor child’s hearsay statements alleging sexual abuse by the father.
Jane Doe attended University High School in Urbana, Illinois. Although University High School was a public school, it was affiliated with the University of Illinois, which was responsible for the school’s administrative oversight. From January 1993 through May 1994, while a student at University High School, Jane was a victim of an ongoing campaign of verbal and physical sexual harassment perpetrated by a group of male students at the school. Doe and her parents complained on numerous occasions to officials of both the high school and the University of Illinois.
The plaintiff worked for the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago (the defendant), when she began experiencing a high-risk pregnancy. The plaintiff told her supervisor that she was not strong enough to endure the pregnancy, and that she had experienced several dangerous near-miscarriages. Shortly after, the plaintiff was demoted to a position that included manual labor. After some employment-related anxiety attacks, she prematurely delivered a baby boy.
In People v. Brials, 315 Ill. App. 3d 162 (2000), Brials and another defendant were convicted of the sexual assault and unlawful restraint of an 11-year-old girl. In their appeal, the defendants contended that the conviction for aggravated criminal sexual assault based on commission during the felony of unlawful restraint should be reduced to a conviction for criminal sexual assault because unlawful restraint is a lesser-included offense and should not be used as an aggravating factor.
The defendant was convicted of violating an order of protection against his ex-wife by sending her a note with the intent to harass her. He appealed contesting that the statutes (720 ILCS 5/ Criminal Code of 1961, and 750 ILCS 60/ Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986) were unconstitutional due to them being too vague and overbroad.
The defendant plead guilty to violating an order of protection and was sentenced to a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months. Within that year, the State tried to revoke the conditional discharge alleging that he had again harassed his ex-wife. The circuit court of the county revoked the conditional discharge and sentenced the defendant to twelve months’ probation with the condition of two days’ imprisonment and sixty hours of community service.
After several instances of abuse by the defendant, the plaintiff sought an emergency order of protection in November of 2014. During the hearing, the trial court found that there was abuse, but denied a plenary order of protection. The court instead issued a civil restraining order, which is a less severe remedy. On appeal, the Appellate Court of Illinois found that Illinois statute states that when a trial court finds abuse against the petitioner, it must issue an order of protection and remanded the case to the trial court to issue this order.
Donna Feleccia was a records clerk with the county sheriff’s department. A coworker sent her a letter that appeared to be from the Illinois Department of Public Health informing her that she may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease. When Feliccia read the letter, she became very upset and started shaking. The letter was sent by Yanor, a coworker of Feliccia’s, as a practical joke. Feliccia’s coworkers heard about the letter and/or that Feliccia had a sexually transmitted disease and Feliccia missed work and sleep over the incident.
