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Instructions and Help
CourtWeb provides information on selected recent rulings of those judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who elect to make information available in this form.When a ruling is posted to CourtWeb by chambers, the description that appears will typically include the caption, case number, date, judge's name, a brief summary of the ruling, and the www link or location for the full text of the document where available.
If you select one of the links on this page, you may be leaving the Web site of the USDC, NYND. Some of the links on this page contain information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links are provided for the user's convenience. The USDC, NYND does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. The inclusion of these links is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.
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Judge and/or Case #:
Select the judge or case number or partial case number (e.g., you can list all
cases for a year by selecting only the year, or limit your search to c or
cr cases). If you want all cases for all judges, or for a particular
judge, just leave the case number blank. Participating judges are listed on the pull-down menu under "Judge". Click on the arrow in the "Judge" field and scroll up or down the list to see the judges' names. If you are searching for a particular case number, enter that number in the "Case #" field. 2. Beginning date: The beginning date may be changed manually. The report will then include all cases for the judge and/or case number that you entered, beginning with the date you enter, up to and including the current date. You may need to delete numbers in the date field before you can enter new ones. 3. Run Report: After you have made the selections for your rulings report, click on the "Run Report" button. When the response appears, you may print the report by clicking the print button on your browser. |
| Document full text is here!!! | ||
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When a ruling includes a hyperlink that reads "View/Print this ruling", click
on that link to view, download or print the full text of that ruling. The document will be in PDF format. You may need to download a (free) copy of Acrobat Reader, if you don't already have it, or visit the Help page for links to additional instructions and technical support. Only documents that have been created in the judges' chambers are eligible for full text. Documents that have been prepared by the parties to an action, such as stipulations or various orders, in addition to memo endorsements, can not be converted for full text viewing or download. Please remember that you are viewing the text of the document, but not the official, signed document. (See Note below on official court documents.) |
| AOL Users: |
The CourtWeb program will work best with a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser, version 3.0 or higher. Your AOL browser imay not be compatible, particularly if you have an older version. Your computer may already have one of these other browsers loaded on it. If not, you can visit www.home.netscape.com or www.microsoft.com for information on downloading one of the Netscape or Microsoft browsers. For more information, visit the Help page. |
| Note: | Members of the public are advised that not all rulings, even by participating judges, are necessarily posted to CourtWeb. Moreover, the order or other paper filed with the Clerk of the Court is the official court document. In the event of any discrepancy between a report of a ruling in CourtWeb and the official court document, the official court document controls. Interested persons therefore are cautioned to rely only on the official court documents. |
| USDC, NYND graciously acknowledges Gail Jahrsdorfer of the SDNY District Executive's Office as the principal author of this help document. |
