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745 ILCS 5/0.01 (2026)
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(745 ILCS 5/0.01)
(from Ch. 127, par. 800)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
State Lawsuit Immunity Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Leetaru v. The Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois, 2015 IL 117485 (Ill. 2015).
Leetaru v. The Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois, 2015 IL 117485 (Ill. 2015). “Invoking the State Lawsuit Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2012)) and the Court of Claims Act (705 ILCS 505/1 et seq.”
Parmar v. Madigan, 2018 IL 122265 (Ill. 2018). “Parmar, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Du Page County against defendants, the Attorney General and the Treasurer of the State of Illinois, *1006 challenging the application and constitutionality of an amendment to the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer…”
PHL, INC. v. Pullman Bank & Trust Co., 836 N.E.2d 351 (Ill. 2005). “ANALYSIS The Illinois Constitution of 1970 abolished the doctrine of sovereign immunity "[e]xcept as the General Assembly may provide by law.”
Leetaru v. The Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois, 2015 IL 117485 (Ill. 2015). “Invoking the State Lawsuit Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2012)) and the Court of Claims Act (705 ILCS 505/1 et seq.”
Fritz v. Johnston, 807 N.E.2d 461 (Ill. 2004). “Section 1 of the Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/1 (West 1998)) provides that “the State of Illinois shall not be made a defendant or party in any court” except as provided by the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.”
Bianchi v. McQueen, 2016 IL App (2d) 150646 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “1, 1972), now codified as 745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2014). Section 1 of the State Lawsuit Immunity Act provides that, except as provided in the Court of Claims Act (705 ILCS 505/1 et seq.”
Kucinsky v. Pfister, 2020 IL App (3d) 170719 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “127, ¶ 801, now codified at 745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq.). Section 1 of the Immunity Act provides that, except as provided in the Court of Claims Act 7 (705 ILCS 505/1 et seq.”
State Bldg. Venture v. O'Donnell, 940 N.E.2d 1122 (Ill. 2010). “The General Assembly subsequently reestablished sovereign immunity in the State Lawsuit Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2006)). Our determination of whether sovereign immunity bars SBV’s claim requires interpretation of the State Lawsuit Immunity Act and the Court of…”
Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Prot. Dist., 2016 IL 117952 (Ill. 2016). “1, 1972); 745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2014). Section 1 of the State Lawsuit Immunity Act provides that, except as provided in the Court of Claims Act (705 ILCS 505/1 et seq.”
Parmar v. Madigan, 2018 IL 122265 (Ill. 2018). “The circuit court dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction, pursuant to the State Lawsuit Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2014)). The appellate court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.”
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Specifically, the chief judge claimed that count II should be dismissed on the basis of sovereign immunity, count IV should be dismissed because plaintiffs were not “ ‘State employees’ ” as defined by the Ethics Act, and count V should be dismissed because it was barred under…”
Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Prot. Dist., 2016 IL 117952 (Ill. 2016). “Accordingly, state sovereign immunity has been abolished and replaced by the State Lawsuit Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2014)). We now examine the origins and history of local governmental tort immunity in Illinois.”
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