M.R. 3140

IN THE

SUPREME COURT
OF
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS


Order entered November 27, 2002.

(Deleted material is struck through and new material is underscored.)

Effective immediately, an administrative order in relation to the supreme court rules on discovery is adopted and Rule 39 is amended, and effective January 1, 2003, Rule 307 is amended as follows:



Administrative Order

In re Discovery Rules

The order entered March 28, 2002, amending various rules and effective July 1, 2002, shall apply to all cases filed after such effective date as well as all cases pending on such effective date, provided that any discovery order entered in any such case prior to July 1, 2002, shall remain in effect unless and until amended by the trial court.

Order entered November 27, 2002, effective immediately.



Amended Rule 39

Rule 39. Appointment of Associate Judges

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(b) Filling Vacancies. Vacancies in the office of associate judge shall be filled in the following manner:

(1) Notice of Vacancy. Upon approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, T the chief judge of the circuit shall cause notice to be given to the bar of the circuit, in the same manner as notice of matters of general interest to the bar is customarily given in the circuit, that the vacancy exists and will be filled by the judges of the circuit. The notice of vacancy shall be given as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days after the accumulation of five consecutive vacancies for which notice has not been given. If the Chief Judge of the circuit fails to give notice within the time period prescribed by this provision, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may direct the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to give notice of the vacancies in the manner prescribed by this rule.

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Effective July 1, 1971; amended effective October 14, 1971; amended April 1, 1992, effective August 1, 1992; amended December 3, 1997, effective January 1, 1998; amended December 17, 1999, effective immediately; amended March 16, 2001, effective immediately; amended November 27, 2002, effective immediately.



Amended Rule 307

Following the vacation herein of the amendment dated November 27, 2002, effective January 1, 2003, Rule 307 will again read as follows, with the vacated changes struck through:

Rule 307. Interlocutory Appeals as of Right

(a) Orders Appealable; Time. An appeal may be taken to the Appellate Court from an interlocutory order of court:

(1) granting, modifying, refusing, dissolving, or refusing to dissolve or modify an injunction;

(2) appointing or refusing to appoint a receiver or sequestrator;

(3) giving or refusing to give other or further powers or property to a receiver or sequestrator already appointed;

(4) placing or refusing to place a mortgagee in possession of mortgaged premises;

(5) appointing or refusing to appoint a receiver, liquidator, rehabilitator, or other similar officer for a bank, savings and loan association, currency exchange, insurance company, or other financial institution, or granting or refusing to grant custody of the institution or requiring turnover of any of its assets;

(6) terminating parental rights or granting, denying or revoking temporary commitment in adoption cases;

(7) determining issues raised in proceedings to exercise the right of eminent domain under section 7�104 of the Code of Civil Procedure, but the procedure for appeal and stay shall be as provided in that section;

(8) denying or granting certification of a class action under section 2�802 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2�802).

Except as provided in paragraph (b) and (d), the appeal must be perfected within 30 days from the entry of the interlocutory order by filing a notice of appeal designated "Notice of Interlocutory Appeal" conforming substantially to the notice of appeal in other cases. The record must be filed in the Appellate Court within the same 30 days unless the time for filing the record is extended by the Appellate Court or any judge thereof.

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Amended October 21, 1969, effective January 1, 1970; amended July 30, 1979, effective October 15, 1979; amended May 28, 1982, effective July 1, 1982; amended November 21, 1988, effective January 1, 1989; amended June 19, 1989, effective August 1, 1989; amended December 17, 1993, effective February 1, 1994; amended December 1, 1995, effective immediately; amended July 6, 2000, effective immediately; amended November 27, 2002, effective January 1, 2003; amendment of November 27, 2002, vacated December 31, 2002.