The state’s top court has ruled a judge didn’t have the power to shut down part of a proposed 375-mile transmission line and rule in favor of dozens of farmers who claimed their land was illegally taken.An Illinois Supreme Court majority this week reversed a lower court which held that quick-decision provisions of the state’s public utilities law violate due process.In a seven-page opinion, Justice Robert R. Thomas wrote that trial judges don’t have the authority to make such decisions in cases …