Appellate Court of Illinois / Joined 2006 / Active

Robert E. Gordon

Justice, Appellate Court of Illinois

Robert E. Gordon is a Justice of the Appellate Court of Illinois, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1937 · age 89
Tenure
Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2006Appellate Court of Illinois

Education

Judicial Record

In our data, Gordon authored 2 published opinions for the court (2018–2019). Most cited: Benedict v. Abbott Labs., Inc. (9 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 2 of these were attributed to Gordon by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
2018Benedict v. Abbott Labs., Inc.118 N.E.3d 5189
2019Johnson v. Nash126 N.E.3d 5842

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Appellate Court of Illinois reach the bench?
The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Robert E. Gordon on?
Robert E. Gordon is a Justice of the Appellate Court of Illinois.

Sources

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20 years on the Appellate Court of Illinois. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).