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  • Federal Electric Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

    398 Ill. 142 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 18, 1947

    The zoning board sustained the enforcing officer’s refusal to issue a permit and held that the installation of the signs was an expansion of a nonconforming use. The trial court reversed the order of the zoning board. … Haller Sign Works v. Physical Culture Training School, 249 Ill. 436 ; City of Chicago v. Gunning System, 214 Ill. 628 .

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Glen Oak Cemetery Co. v. Board of Appeals

    358 Ill. 48 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1934

    (People v. University of Illinois, 357 Ill. 369 ; St. John Evangelical Lutheran Congregation v. Board of Appeals, 357 id. 69; Bloomington Cemetery Ass’n v. People, 170 id. 377; People v. … (Rosehill Cemetery Co. v. Kern, supra.)

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Garritson v. Bray

    277 Ill. 158 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1917

    Garritson, filed his bill in chancery in the circuit court of Wabash county on December 8, 1915, against appellees, Brown Bray, Garrett J. Cozine, O. W. McKinney and Bertha L. … In Lyon v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Board of Trustees v. Chicago & Rock Island Railroad

    14 Ill. 314 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1853

    The question presented by this record is one of magnitude ; and previous to the decision of the case of the Charles River Bridge v. … The tenth section irrevocably grants to the board of trustees, the canal, canal lands, &c., for the purpose of securing the subscribers to the loan.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, LLC v. Illinois Gaming Board

    2025 IL 130036 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 24, 2025

    Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, LLC v. … ¶ 17 We find guidance in Newkirk v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Ahlschlager v. Board of Review

    352 Ill. 157 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1933

    A similar holding was made in the case of Board of Education v. … Pettingell, 39 Col. 258 , 89 Pac. 48 ; Independent District No. 2 v. Rhodes, 88 Iowa, 570 , 55 N. W. 524 ; Hammar v. Covington, 3 Metc. (Ky.) 494; People v. Board of Supervisors, 85 N. Y. 323 ; State v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Board of Supervisors v. People ex rel. Caldwell

    121 Ill. 616 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 27, 1887

    The expenditure of these joint funds shall be made by the commissioners and two persons appointed by the board of supervisors, and any surplus funds appropriated by the county board after the completion of the work shall … People ex rel. v. Supervisors of Iroquois County, 100 Ill. 640 ; Town of New Boston v. Supervisors, 110 id. 197. The judgment will be affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Carey v. Board of Education

    55 Ill. 2d 533 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 1973

    (See, People v. Deatherage (1948), 401 Ill. 25, 43 ; Coordinated Transport, Inc. of Illinois v. Barrett (1952), 412 Ill. 321 ; City of Evanston v. Wazau (1936), 364 Ill. 198 .) … As we stated in Sangamon County Fair and Agricultural Ass’n v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board

    228 Ill. 2d 200 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 23, 2008

    See Dillavou v. County Officers Electoral Board, 260 Ill. App. 3d 127, 131 (1994); Williams v. Butler, 35 Ill. App. 3d 532, 538 (1976). In City of Belvidere v. … Leffler v. Browning, 14 Ill. 2d 225, 227-29 (1958); see Lebajo v. Department of Public Aid, 210 Ill. App. 3d 263, 268 (1991).

    Cited 544 timesPublished
  • Board of Junior College District 504 v. Carey

    43 Ill. 2d 82 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 28, 1969

    the Board’s right to title vested when the award was deposited, the Board’s title is deemed to have been acquired on the date of the filing of the petition. … Barrett v. Sbarbaro, 386 Ill. 581, 590 ; accord, Fiorito v. Jones, 39 Ill.2d 531, 541 ; City of Monmouth v. Lorenz, 30 Ill.2d 60, 67 ; Giebelhausen v. Daley, 407 Ill. 25, 48 .)

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Jenkins v. Board of Education

    234 Ill. 422 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1908

    In the case of Potts v. … In the case of Lawbaugh v. Board of Education, 177 Ill. 572 , the court adhered to those principles and declined to further discuss them, although earnestly urged to reconsider the former decision.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Williams v. Board of Education

    350 Ill. 597 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 23, 1932

    (People v. Hartquist, 311 Ill. 127 ; People v. Barber, 265 id. 316; People v. Central Union Telephone Co. 232 id. 260). … (Marie Methodist Episcopal Church v. Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, 253 Ill. 21 ; Lundy v. Mason, 174 id. 505; Wadsworth v. Connell, 104 id. 369; Vanlandingham v. Ryan, 17 id. 25).

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Condell Hospital v. Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board

    124 Ill. 2d 341 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1988

    In Penkava v. … (See Fred-man Brothers Furniture Co. v. Department of Revenue (1985), 109 Ill. 2d 202 ; Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. All-phin (1975), 60 Ill. 2d 350 ; Village of Cary v. Pollution Control Board, (1980), 82 Ill.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Stock Quotation Telegraph Co. v. Board of Trade

    144 Ill. 370 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1893

    Per Curiam: This was an action brought by the Stock Quotation Telegraph Co. against the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract, whereby the defendant agreed to furnish … Harbaugh v. City of Monmouth, 74 Ill. 367 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Grobe v. BOARD OF REVIEW, DEPT. OF LABOR

    409 Ill. 576 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 21, 1951

    GROBE, Appellant, v. THE BOARD OF REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR et al., Appellees. No. 31832. Supreme Court of Illinois. Opinion filed September 21, 1951. *577 WILLIAM ZWANZIG, WENDELL THOMPSON, and JOSEPH E. … Wellman v. Riley, 95 N.H. 507 , 67 Atl.2d 428 ; Kelly v. Administrator, etc., 136 Conn. 482 , 72 Atl.2d 54 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Chicago Bar Ass'n v. State Board of Elections

    137 Ill. 2d 394 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 22, 1990

    In Lousin v. State Board of Elections (1982), 108 Ill. … Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board of Elections (1976), 65 Ill. 2d 453, 468-70 . Several things are clear concerning proposed section 15 from the committee report and from the debates.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Board of Supervisors v. Towns of Condit

    120 Ill. 301 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1887

    The board of supervisors denied the petition, and refused to make the appropriation prayed, whereupon the two towns commenced an action of mandamus in the circuit court of Champaign county, against the county board, to compel … These facts were matters of public notoriety, of which the board could not have been ignorant.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Dodson v. Board of Trade

    224 Ill. 370 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1906

    (Green v. Board of Trade, 174 Ill. 585 .) … Board of Trade v. Nelson, supra; Green v. Board of Trade, supra; Ryan v. Cudahy, 157 Ill. 108 ; Baxter v. Board of Trade, 83 id. 146 ; Fisher v. Board of Trade, 80 id. 85; Pacaud v. Waite, 218 id. 138.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Trustees of Schools v. Board of School Inspectors

    214 Ill. 30 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1905

    Louis Railway Co. v. … The cases of Cravener v. Board of Education, 133 Ill. 145 , McGurn v. Board of Education, id. 122, and People v. Harrison, 191 id. 257, are decisive of this question.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Mack v. Board of Education

    175 Ill. 9 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1898

    Boards of education derive this power because it is primarily conferred upon boards of directors, and by the general provision upon boards of education. … The case of Kuenster v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished

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