Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 110/10 (2026)
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(735 ILCS 110/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions.
In this Act:
"Government" includes a branch, department, agency,
instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person acting under color
of law of the United States, a state, a subdivision of a state, or another
public authority including the electorate.
"Person" includes any individual, corporation, association,
organization, partnership, 2 or more persons having a joint or common
interest, or other legal entity.
"Judicial claim" or "claim" include any lawsuit, cause of
action, claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or other judicial pleading or filing
alleging injury.
"Motion" includes any motion to dismiss, for summary
judgment, or to strike, or any other judicial pleading filed to dispose
of a judicial claim.
"Moving party" means any person on whose behalf a motion
described in subsection (a) of Section 20 is filed seeking dismissal of a
judicial claim.
"Responding party" means any person against whom a motion
described in subsection (a) of Section 20 is filed.
(Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.) Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010).
Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010). “" 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008). The trial court must hold a hearing and render a decision on that motion within 90 days after the date the responding party receives notice of the motion.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 962 N.E.2d 418 (Ill. 2012). “" 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008). "Government" is defined as "a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person acting under color of law of the United States, a state, a subdivision of a state, or another public authority including the…”
August v. Hanlon, 2012 IL App (2d) 111252 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” See 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2010). However, unable to find any case law from Illinois addressing whether the Act protects the statements and actions of an attorney made in the course of his or her representation of a client, the court looked to case law from California.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 2012 IL 111443 (Ill. 2012). “” 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008). “Government” is defined as “a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person acting under color of law of the United States, a state, a subdivision of a state, or another public authority including the…”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 942 N.E.2d 544 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “” 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008). Defendants sought action by the school board, and the school board acts under the authority granted to it by the laws of the state.”
Prakash v. Parulekar, 2020 IL App (1st) 191819 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Krislov, 2013 IL App (1st) 113806, ¶ 25 ; 735 ILCS 110/ 10, 15 (West 2016). ¶ 32 If plaintiff’s claims genuinely sought relief for damages for the alleged IIED and defamation per se by defendant, the claims are not solely based on defendant’s rights of petition, speech,…”
Hytel Grp., Inc. v. Butler, 938 N.E.2d 542 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “The express language of the Act protects any action taken in furtherance of a person’s right to petition, regardless of the person’s possibly selfish motivation 1 or the fact that the action might involve a personal claim before an administrative agency rather than testimony…”
Garrido v. Arena, 2013 IL App (1st) 120466 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2010). We have no trouble concluding that defendants’ ads and mailers are a protected activity under the Act.”
Mund v. Brown, 913 N.E.2d 1225 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “” 735 ILCS 110/10 (West Supp. 2007). Thus, the defendants argue, section 20(a) of the Act grants them the right to appeal the order denying their motions to dismiss, whether interlocutory or not.”
Hammons v. Soc'y of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals, 2012 IL App (1st) 102644 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008). An electorate is simply a body of qualified voters from a particular district or territory.”
Stein v. Krislov, 2013 IL App (1st) 113806 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 735 ILCS 110/10 (West 2008); see also Hytel, 405 Ill.”
Stein v. Krislov, 939 N.E.2d 518 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Section 20(a) of the Act provides: “On the filing of any motion [which includes ‘any motion to dismiss, for summary judgment, or to strike, or any other judicial pleading filed to dispose of a judicial claim’ (735 ILCS 110/10 (West Supp. 2007))] as described in Section 15 [‘to…”
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