From my perspective, violation of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 23’s prohibition against citing unpublished Illinois Appellate Court orders is reaching epidemic proportions. This summer alone, I ran across four circuit court briefs that cited such orders as precedent in insurance coverage cases. Unpublished orders have been making their way into appellate briefs, too — e.g., Green v. Papa, 2014 IL App (5th) 130029, ¶2 (striking paragraphs from party’s brief that cited or relied on an unpublished …