Opinion

Neiberger v. McCullough

  • 253 Ill. 312
  • 97 N.E. 660
  • 1912 Ill. LEXIS 1979
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 23, 1912
Status
Published
Author
Dunn
On the bench
Carter, Cartwright, Chiee, Dunn
Cited by
27 cases

stating that, where “the language of the constitution is not ambiguous it is not permissible to interpret it differently from its plain meaning”

How later courts described this case

  • stating that, where “the language of the constitution is not ambiguous it is not permissible to interpret it differently from its plain meaning”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Mr. Justice Dunn: I concur in the views expressed by Mr. Chief Justice Carter in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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