Full Text of SR2370 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
| 3 | | learn of the death of Louis B. Garippo of Glenview, who
passed | 4 | | away on May 31, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Louis Garippo was born in Chicago and grew up in | 6 | | the Galewood neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side; he | 7 | | attended Fenwick
High School, the University of Notre Dame, and | 8 | | DePaul University
Law School; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Louis Garippo served two years in the United | 10 | | States Army before
he followed in the footsteps of his | 11 | | grandfather, Benjamin
Adamowski, and joined the Cook County | 12 | | State's Attorney's Office
in 1958 as an Assistant State's | 13 | | Attorney; he handled
high-profile cases such as the 1960 | 14 | | Summerdale police scandal
and the Guido-Yonder torture and | 15 | | burglary case in 1962; two
years after he became Chief of the | 16 | | Criminal Division in 1964,
he was named First Assistant State's | 17 | | Attorney and was
assigned to assist in other high-profile | 18 | | cases, including the trial of Richard Speck; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Louis Garippo became a Cook County Circuit Court | 20 | | judge in
1968; in 1970, he set precedent by ruling State laws | 21 | | allowing
subpoenas for journalists and their notes as | 22 | | unconstitutional;
he also presided over the 1980 trial of John |
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| 1 | | Wayne Gacy; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, After 12 years as a judge,
following the Gacy | 3 | | trial, Louis Garippo entered into private practice, where he | 4 | | was still
involved in high-profile issues; he provided legal | 5 | | counsel
for Chicago Teamsters' leader, Daniel Ligurotis, who in | 6 | | 1992 was acquitted of fatally shooting his son; he was
selected | 7 | | in 2000 to research public opinion concerning the
retention of | 8 | | Chief Illiniwek as a
mascot for the University of Illinois; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Louis Garippo received numerous awards and | 10 | | recognitions for
his integrity and prudence, including the | 11 | | Justice Leadership Award from Treatment Alternatives for Safe | 12 | | Communities and the Accipiter Award from Fenwick High School; | 13 | | he earned the highest rating
of any trial judge in surveys | 14 | | administered by the Chicago Bar
Association; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Louis Garippo is survived by his wife, Colette; | 16 | | his
daughters, Ellen and Mary; his son, Tom; his five | 17 | | grandchildren;
and his sister, Anna Maria Sciaraffa; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Louis B. Garippo, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Louis Garippo as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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