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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 timesPublishedGlen 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 timesPublished277 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 timesPublishedBoard 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 timesPublishedWaukegan 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedBoard 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedCinkus 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 timesPublishedBoard 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedCondell 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 timesPublishedStock 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 timesPublishedGrobe 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 timesPublishedChicago 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 timesPublishedBoard 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 timesPublishedPeople 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 timesPublishedTrustees 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 timesPublishedPeople 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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