Abstract
In 2017, the Illinois Supreme Court mandated electronic filing (e-filing) in civil cases and adopted Illinois Supreme Court Rule 9 to implement the mandate, fifteen years after the court initially authorized e-filing. Since then, the court has made multiple amendments to Rule 9 and has made other efforts to implement e-filing across Illinois. Despite the court’s efforts, the rule has fostered litigation and confusion over when a document is timely and how to seek relief when an e-filing error renders a document untimely. The goal of this Survey is to provide clarity for practitioners on e-filing by examining Rule 9’s text, its history, case law interpreting and analyzing the timeliness of e-filed documents, and the solutions that have been proposed to address recurring issues.
Recommended Citation
Emmet C. Fairfield,
Survey of Illinois Law: Electronic Filing and Illinois Supreme Court Rule 9,
49
S. Ill. U. L.J.
635
(2025).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol49/iss4/6