When are an allowed Illinois certified-question appeal’s brief and requested record due?

Obtain the actual order granting Rule 308 leave.

Establish whether a party requested or the court ordered the complete record.

Check actual briefing and record orders before selecting the ordinary grant-based period.

1. Obtain the actual order granting Rule 308 leave.
2. Exclude the independently established triggering day and count intermediate calendar days under 5 ILCS 70/1.11. A filing, entry, effective service or previously established due date must come from its actual record. Do not substitute one event for another.
3. Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. Complete the particular act in the proper court.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. Leave is actually granted and a complete record has been requested or ordered. The established event is July 26, 2027. No additional closure or different actual order applies.

Fictitious facts. The appeal classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

The record duty requires its request or order

Rule 308(e) permits any party to request a complete record or the court to order it within thirty-five days of leave. The appellant brief is independently required within the same period.

Later briefs use the applicable ordinary requirements

Rule 308(e) otherwise incorporates Rules 341 through 344. Rule 343(a) uses preceding due dates for appellee and ordinary reply briefs, with separate cross-appeal treatment.

An application or grant does not automatically stay the trial case

Rule 308(f) requires an actual stay order from the trial court, Appellate Court or a judge. Neither seeking nor obtaining permission alone stops proceedings.

• The calculator does not decide appealability, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
• Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical appeal’s timetable.

• Obtain the actual order granting Rule 308 leave.
• Establish whether a party requested or the court ordered the complete record.
• Check actual briefing and record orders before selecting the ordinary grant-based period.
• Rule 308(e) permits any party to request a complete record or the court to order it within thirty-five days of leave. The appellant brief is independently required within the same period.
• Rule 308(e) otherwise incorporates Rules 341 through 344. Rule 343(a) uses preceding due dates for appellee and ordinary reply briefs, with separate cross-appeal treatment.
• Rule 308(f) requires an actual stay order from the trial court, Appellate Court or a judge. Neither seeking nor obtaining permission alone stops proceedings.
• File the mandatory brief with the reviewing court. File the complete record when requested or ordered and complete applicable service and proof. Preserve the grant, request, orders and actual receipts. Subsequent briefs follow their applicable Rules 341 through 344 schedule. Use the proper clerk and required filing format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires electronic filing in civil cases, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily uses submission before midnight in the court time zone, unless a statute, rule or order sets a particular time. A submission when the clerk is closed is ordinarily stamped on the next open day. Current Rule 9(f) provides separate five-court-day motions for a rejected filing or qualifying technical failure; establish the actual notice, failure, corrected document and required proof. Rule 373 ordinarily uses actual receipt, with its mail or carrier exception limited to filings excepted or exempt from electronic filing. Its carrier branch requires delivery for receipt within three business days and Rule 12(b) proof. Filing and service remain separate acts. Use Rule 11’s applicable service method and file Rule 12 proof. Rule 12(c) makes electronic or personal delivery service effective on its stated day, mail service complete four days after mailing, and third-party carrier service complete on the third court day after delivery to the carrier. Establish effective service before using a service-triggered calculator. A rule requiring personal or email service cannot be replaced with ordinary mail.