Media Mentions
2007
Bill Boies was recognized in the January 2007 issue of CBA Record for his involvement as chair of the Cy Pres Committee of the Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF). Cy pres awards, which are made by the courts from money left unclaimed in class action lawsuits, have been a significant source of funding for CBF legal aid and public interest law initiatives.
Wilber H. Boies PC, Pro Bono, Trial
2005
Bill Boies was mentioned in the February 18 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in regard to representing the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation v. Filan, 2004 App. Lexis 26792 (7th Cir., Dec. 22). The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision that an Illinois statute requiring the foundations to contribute $125 million of its edowment to the state constituted taking a private property for public use without just compensation and was therefore unconstitutional.
Wilber H. Boies PC, Government Strategies, Trial
2004
Bill Boies was mentioned in the December 23 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in regard to his representation of the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (ICECF). The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the state would be violating the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on taking private property for public use without just compensation if it took $125 million from the ICECF, and rejected the notion that the foundation's assets belong to the state. This decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was also reported by the Chicago Tribune on December 23.
Wilber H. Boies PC, Government Strategies, Trial
Bill Boies was mentioned in the August issue of Corporate Legal Times in regard to representing the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (ICECF). The ICECF was ordered to pay the state of Illinois $125 million after the Illinois legislature amended the state utilities act and directed the private foundations to hand over the money to help close the state's huge budget gap. The foundation immediately sought a declaratory judgment in federal court that the state's action was an unconstitutional taking of property without compensation and a violation of due process. In April 2004, federal district court Judge Amy St. Eve agreed with ICECF and rejected the state's argument that the $ 125 million belonged to the state and that the foundation was a public entity. She agreed with the foundation that the state was attempting to take private property without compensation, in clear violation of Fifth Amendment rights.
Wilber H. Boies PC, Government Strategies, Trial
In an article in the July 2004 issue of Chicago Lawyer, Bill Boies and M. Miller Baker were mentioned in regard to successfully overturning legislation passed in 2003 to force the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to contribute $125 million to state coffers.
M. Miller Baker, Wilber H. Boies PC, Government Strategies, Trial
2003
Bill Boies was mentioned in the February issue of Chicago Lawyer in regard to being named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
