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Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. Stookey
113 Ill. 296 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 5, 1885
In Nealy v. Brown, 1 Gilm. 10 , the laying out and" opening of roads by county commissioners are held not to be an exercise of judicial powers. In Rowe v. … In Poppen v. Holmes, 44 Ill. 360 , and Bullock v.
Cited 86 timesPublished94 Ill. 2d 275 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1982
As they were about to leave, a mail carrier, Debra Brown, who had arrived in a mail truck, entered the store. … In People v.
Cited 59 timesPublishedPeople Ex Rel. Templeton v. Board of Education of Township High School District No. 201
399 Ill. 204 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1948
(Jenisek v. Riggs, 381 Ill. 290 ; Hawley Products Co. v. May, 377 Ill. 506 ; Grutzius v. Armour and Co. 377 Ill. 447 ; Shilvock v. Retirement Board, 375 Ill. 68 ; Ryan v. City of Chicago, 363 Ill. 607 .) … Kurtz v. Meyer, 328 Ill. 122 .
Cited 7 timesPublishedRoberts v. Bd. of Trs. Cmty. Coll. Dist. No. 508
108 N.E.3d 798 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 26, 2018
Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text258 Ill. 197 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1913
He gradually improved and left the hospital about June 18 and returned to his boarding house, where he remained until August 9. … Sanger Brown was consulted on August 7, and he said, that Hagenson had not been getting the right treatment oleare, and Louise Henderson said if she could take care of him and he would improve she would be willing to marry
Cited 7 timesPublished30 Ill. 2d 375 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1964
She stated that she was then carried by O’Neil, Brown and Harden, other defendants, from the car to a boarded-up place behind the stairway of a nearby building and forced to the ground where her undergarments were removed … (People v. Torres, 19 Ill.2d 497 ; People v. Thicksten, 14 Ill.2d 132 ; People v. Cione, 293 Ill. 321 .)
Cited 55 timesPublished308 Ill. 275 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1923
(Kinder v. LaSalle County Coal Co. 301 Ill. 362 ; Barr v. Barr, 273 id. 621; Wescott v. Wicks, 72 id. 524; Brown v. Hogle, 30 id. 119.) … (Fergus v. Russel, 270 Ill. 304 ; Litz v. Village of West Hammond, 230 id. 310 ; Pomeroy’s Eq. Rem. — 2d ed. — sec. 1767.)
Cited 9 timesPublishedLynch v. Precision MacHine Shop, Ltd.
93 Ill. 2d 266 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1982
Kolakowski v. Voris (1980), 83 Ill. 2d 388, 394 ; Spidle v. Steward (1980), 79 Ill. 2d 1, 5 ; Metz v. Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co. (1965), 32 Ill. 2d 446, 448-49 . … (Schatz v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (1972), 51 Ill. 2d 143, 149 . See Illinois Structural Steel Corp. v. Pathman Construction Co. (1974), 23 Ill. App. 3d 1, 6-8 ; Board of Education v.
Cited 60 timesPublishedCarstens v. Board of Education of East Alton-Wood River Community High School District
27 Ill. 2d 88 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 1, 1963
(O’Connor v. Board of Education, 288 Ill. 240 ; People ex rel. Toman v. Chicago Great Western Railroad Co. 379 Ill. 594 .) We must now inquire as to whether such right has been denied in the present case. … In Schoon v.
Cited 3 timesPublishedMoreland v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago
2025 IL 131343 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 2025
(citing Bowlin v. Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Board of Trustees, 368 Ill. App. 3d 205, 210-12 (2006), and Village of Oak Park v. Village of Oak Park Firefighters Pension Board, 362 Ill. … See Roselle Police Pension Board v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedRainey v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago
2025 IL 131305 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 2025
In Warner v. … Similarly, in Koniarski v.
Cited 5 timesPublished398 Ill. 455 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 1947
Chesney v. Moews, 317 Ill. 111 . In People ex rel. Board of Education of LaPrairie Community High School District No. 10 v. Board of Education, 380 Ill. 311 , petitions were signed by 33. … People v.
Cited 7 timesPublished279 Ill. 348 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1917
People v. Brown, 273 Ill. 169 . … People v. Elliott, supra. The judgment of the Appellate Court is affirmed. Judgment affirmed.
Cited 5 timesPublishedStone v. Great Western Oil Co.
41 Ill. 85 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1866
Sargeant v. Kellogg, 5 Gilm. 273 ; Swift v. Whitney, 20 Ill. 144 ; Buntain v. Bailey, 27 id. 410, and in Conway v. Case, 22 id. 127, and in Davis v. … Plank-road Co. v. Brown, 25 Penn. 156 , is on the point here discussed.
Cited 15 timesPublished313 Ill. 576 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924
(Dingman v. People, 51 Ill. 277 ; Devine v. Board of Commissioners, 84 id. 590; Pavey v. Utter, 132 id. 489; People v. Faherty, 306 id. 119.) … (People v. Jennings, 252 Ill. 534 ; People v. McGuirk, 312 id. 257.) The court did not err in admitting this evidence. It was incumbent upon the People in this case to prove the corpus delicti beyond a reasonable doubt.
Cited 16 timesPublished244 Ill. 596 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1910
The scheme is of the same character, as those passed on by the courts in Browne v. City of Boston, 179 Mass. 321 , Voss v. Waterloo Water Co. 163 Ind. 69 , Mayor v. Gill, 31 Md. 375 , Earles v. … Wells, 94 Wis. 285 , and Reynolds v. City of Waterville, 92 Me. 292 . It is a counterpart of the scheme proposed by the city of Boston and passed on in the case of Browne v.
Cited 15 timesPublishedBoard of Commissioners of the Wood Dale Public Library District v. County of Du Page
96 Ill. 2d 378 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 27, 1983
JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court: The board of library trustees of the Wood Dale Public Library District, and the library district, a municipal corporation, on its own relation and on behalf of all municipal … corporations and other local governmental bodies similarly situated, filed a two-count complaint in the circuit court of Du Page County against defendants, the County of Du Page, its board of commissioners and its treasurer
Cited 15 timesPublished242 Ill. 312 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 26, 1909
This board was intended as a guide-board, against which the half-round was held while passing it through the saw. … Brown, 193 id. 274; Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Co. v. Gruss, 200 id. 195; Chicago City Railway Co. v. Gemmill, 209 id. 638; National Enameling and Stamping Co. v. McCorkle, 219 id. 557; Donk Bros. Coal Co. v.
Cited 11 timesPublished175 Ill. 435 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1898
The assessment had been levied by the board of West Chicago Park Commissioners on June 28, 1892, and amounted to about §2800.00. … Land Co. v. Peck, 112 Ill. 408 ; Brown v. Gilman, 4 Wheat. 255 ; 28 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, p. 179, and cases cited in note 2).
Cited 14 timesPublished2 Ill. 493 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1838
S. v. Cushman, 2 Summer’s C. C. R. 426. … Kennebec Bank v. Turner et al., 2 Greenleaf 42.
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