‘Test the waters’ gets high court test

Section 2-1001(a)(2)(ii) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1001(a)(2)(ii)) gives a litigant the right to substitute a judge in a civil case “before the judge … has ruled on any substantial issue in the case.”Is this right absolute? Or can a substitution of judges be denied when the circumstances suggest that a litigant is strategically “judge shopping&rdquo …

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