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  • Town of Somonauk v. People ex rel. Hess

    178 Ill. 631 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1899

    The power to create, enlarge, divide or destroy them rests primarily in the General Assembly, (Coles v. County of Madison, Breese, 154; People ex rel. v. Power, 25 Ill. 187 ; Wilson v. … The controlling principles here applied are illustrated in expressions of this court in opinions rendered in the cases of Board of Supervisors v. People ex rel. 110 Ill. 511 , Trustees of Schools v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • People v. Michelle J.

    209 Ill. 2d 428 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 1, 2004

    In contrast to the State’s witness in Sam’s case, however, Brown did have personal knowledge of Michelle’s condition. … Wakulich v. Mraz, 203 Ill. 2d 223, 233-34 (2003).

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • Van Daele v. Vinci

    51 Ill. 2d 389 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 25, 1972

    Moreover, defendants assert that the Board was not precluded from hearing the allegations simply because the Board had originated the charges. (Green v. Board of Trade, 174 Ill. 585 .) … (McCune v. Wilson (Fla. 1970), 237 So.2d 169, 173 .)

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Burton Stock Car Co. v. Traeger

    187 Ill. 9 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1900

    (Keokuk Bridge Co. v. People, 185 Ill. 276 ; Republic Life Ins. Co. v. Pollak, 75 id. 292 ; Spencer & Gardner v. People, 68 id. 510). … (Pacific Hotel Co. v. Lieb, 83 Ill. 602 ; New Haven Clock Co. v. Kochersperger, 175 id. 383; East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. People, 119 id. 182; Spring Valley Coal Co. v. People, 157 id. 543).

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Dime Savings & Trust Co. v. Knapp

    313 Ill. 377 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924

    Brown, president of the bank at Cissna Park, with reference to the contract. … (Kerfoot v. Cronin, 105 Ill. 609 ; Booker v. Booker, 208 id. 529.) Cyrus N. Roberts acquired the title to the land in 1882 and owned and had uninterrupted possession of it until his death, on January 18, 1920.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • People v. Suarez

    Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 2007

    Brown, 52 Ill. 2d at 230. More recent decisions have not departed from this principle. In People v. … Chicago Bar Ass’n v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 161 Ill. 2d 502, 510 (1994).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Ontiveroz v. Khokhar

    2025 IL 130316 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 24, 2025

    Cooke v. Illinois State Board of Elections, 2021 IL 125386, ¶ 49; Cinkus v. Village of Stickney Municipal Officers Electoral Board, 228 Ill. 2d 200, 209 (2008); Kozel v. … Walker v. State Board of Elections, 65 Ill. 2d 543, 561 (1976).

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • People v. Foster

    133 Ill. 496 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1890

    See Cox v. Mayor, etc., supra; Supervisors v. Briggs, supra; Snelson v. State, supra; Adv. and Trib. Co. v. Detroit, supra; County v. Randall, 43 Mich. 13 ; Hedrick v. United States, 16 R. Ct. Claims, 88; McKee v. … So, also, in the case of Lovingston v. Board of Trustees, 99 Ill. 564 .

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • The People v. French

    387 Ill. 16 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 16, 1944

    In People v. Brown, 383 Ill. 287 , the indictment charged the stealing of an automobile of the value of $500. Defendant pleaded guilty to larceny in manner and form as charged in the indictment. … The facts are identical in all respects with People v. Brown, except in the Brown case the judgment fixed the value.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • In Re Nesselson

    35 Ill. 2d 454 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 23, 1966

    On January 20, 1966, the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association, sitting as commissioners of this court, held a hearing for the consideration of the report and the objections thereto and, as commissioners, approved … (In re Browning, 23 Ill.2d 483 .)

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Vinyard v. Barnes

    124 Ill. 346 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1888

    . & Cress. 284, Brown v. Parker, 5 Blackf. 291 ,) and so, evidence of a breach of the former condition can not therefore be held sufficient proof of a breach of the latter condition. Thomas v. … Kent, 2 Watts, 432 ; Ladd v. Prentice, 14 Conn. 116 ; Cooper v. Brown, 7 Dana, (Ky.) 333; Clary v. Roland, 24 Cal. 148 ; Gallarati v. Orser, 24 N. Y. 324 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • McCord v. Pike

    121 Ill. 288 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1887

    Colton v. Hanchett, 13 Ill. 615 ; Prettyman v. Supervisors, 19 id. 406 ; Perry v. Kinnear, 42 id. 160; Drake v. Phillips, 40 id. 389; Chestnutwood v. Hood, 68 id. 132; Devine v. … County Commissioners, 84 id. 590; Mayor of Springfield v. Edwards, 84 id. 626; Railroad Co. v. People, 92 id. 170; Leitch v. Wentworth, 71 id. 147. It seems to be supposed that something was said in Chicago v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Company

    226 Ill. 2d 395 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 20, 2007

    App. 3d 303 (2001), and Browning v. Plumlee, 316 Ill. App. 3d 738 (2000), prohibit Farmers’ step-down provisions. We disagree. … State Farm argues that this question, left unresolved in State Farm, was answered in the appellate court decisions of John Deere Insurance Co. v. Allstate Insurance Co., 298 Ill. App. 3d 371 (1998), Browning v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Friedman & Rochester, Ltd. v. Walsh

    67 Ill. 2d 413 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 20, 1977

    (Illinois Coal Operators Association v. Pollution Control Board (1974), 59 Ill. 2d 305, 311 ; People v. Palkes (1972), 52 Ill. 2d 472, 477 .) Plaintiff has failed to meet this burden. … (Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. (1955), 348 U.S. 483, 489 , 99 L. Ed. 563 , 573, 75 S. Ct. 461 ; Illinois Coal Operators Association v. Pollution Control Board (1974), 59 Ill. 2d 305, 312-13 .)

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Thomas Cusack Co. v. City of Chicago

    267 Ill. 344 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1914

    Welch v. Swasey, 214 U. S. 91 . … In Haller Sign Works v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Black v. Dukes

    96 Ill. 2d 273 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 18, 1983

    Wallace v. Labrenz (1952), 411 Ill. 618 ; Environmental Protection Agency v. Pollution Control Board (1980), 88 Ill. … Madison Park Bank v. Zagel (1982), 91 Ill. 2d 231 ; People ex rel. Newdelman v. Weaver (1972), 50 Ill. 2d 237 ; LaSalle National Bank v. City of Chicago (1954), 3 Ill. 2d 375 . Judgments vacated; cause dismissed.

    Cited 62 timesPublished
  • Pike v. City of Chicago

    155 Ill. 656 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 11, 1895

    The case of Jones v. … In Wadhams v.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Reilly

    212 Ill. 506 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 24, 1904

    Appellee stood on the east side of Dearborn street and Brown on thq west. … Louis and Pacific Railway Co. v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Welton v. Hamilton

    344 Ill. 82 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1931

    of Administration v. … The board of appeals is not a court but an administrative board which has no judicial powers and the hearing before it is not a judicial proceeding. ( People v.

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Jones

    201 Ill. 351 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1903

    In Karnes v. … In People v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished

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