Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 65/2 – (a) The official reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court and …
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(a) The official reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts shall be published and distributed under a contract to be entered into by the reporter of decisions, subject to the prior approval of the Supreme Court.
(b) Said contract shall be let to the person, partnership, or corporation who will publish and sell said official reports together with the advance sheets thereof on terms deemed most advantageous to the public and state. Said contractor shall have designated in his bid and contract, by name, a natural individual satisfactory to the court, who is a management employee of the contractor and a resident of the State of Illinois.
(c) Said contract shall require the contractor to publish such official reports and advance sheets as early as practicable after the decisions of said courts shall be handed down, and shall fix the prices at which said publications shall be delivered within the State of Illinois.
(d) Said contract, at the option of the Supreme Court, may provide that the contractor shall prepare and publish a full syllabus of the points decided in said decisions, and shall also prepare and publish in each volume a table of cases therein reported as well as a topical index of the points of law covered by the decisions reported.
(b) Said contract shall be let to the person, partnership, or corporation who will publish and sell said official reports together with the advance sheets thereof on terms deemed most advantageous to the public and state. Said contractor shall have designated in his bid and contract, by name, a natural individual satisfactory to the court, who is a management employee of the contractor and a resident of the State of Illinois.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 65/2
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
(c) Said contract shall require the contractor to publish such official reports and advance sheets as early as practicable after the decisions of said courts shall be handed down, and shall fix the prices at which said publications shall be delivered within the State of Illinois.
(d) Said contract, at the option of the Supreme Court, may provide that the contractor shall prepare and publish a full syllabus of the points decided in said decisions, and shall also prepare and publish in each volume a table of cases therein reported as well as a topical index of the points of law covered by the decisions reported.