Case law

Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205

36 Ill. 2d 568 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1967

Finally, in my opinion the board’s charges were not established by the evidence. … But they are public officials engaged in the conduct of public business and they cannot be immunized from criticism, even by teachers.

The People v. Lattimore

362 Ill. 206 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1935

By section 26 of that article the criminal court of Cook county was established and its jurisdiction defined. … The section granting the discretion to the juvenile court clearly refers to a case where a child capable, under the law, of committing a criminal offense is named in the petition and his or her status is the subject of the

The People v. Clark

9 Ill. 2d 400 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 25, 1956

arrest him without a warrant for that offense, The guaranty of section 6 of article II of our constitution is not against all searches and seizures but only against unreasonable search and seizure, and does not extend to immunity … Thus the proof received on behalf of the People by stipulation clearly establishes the possession of policy slips by the defendant, and since no testimony was offered by the defendant to rebut the presumption that they were

People v. Hundley

4 Ill. 2d 244 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1954

It is the well-established law of this State that where the State’s Attorney, for a sufficient reason which he shows to the court, doubts the integrity or veracity of an adverse witness, he is not required to call him as … She had been granted immunity and could testify freely as to any material issue.

Gaca v. City of Chicago

411 Ill. 146 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1952

Establishing classifications is primarily a legislative function, and judicial interference is never warranted except for the purpose of ascertaining whether the legislative action is clearly unreasonable. … It was contended that this legislation violated the constitution because the acts were local and special laws in relation to cities, county affairs and management of common schools and granting special privileges and immunities

The People v. Baker

16 Ill. 2d 364 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 20, 1959

We are satisfied that defendant’s guilt was established beyond a reasonable doubt. … When being qualified as a witness for the prosecution, Taylor testified he had pleaded guilty to the theft, that he had not yet been sentenced, that he would be sentenced at a future date, and that he had not received any

Lazenby v. Mark's Construction

Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 2010

In the statute at issue, the legislature clearly expressed its intent that the statute be given retroactive effect. … The immunity provided by the fireman’s rule is similar to the immunity found to be a “vested right” in Henrich.

Turner v. Memorial Medical Center

233 Ill. 2d 494 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 2009

The court concluded plaintiff failed to establish the existence of a public policy that a provision of law clearly mandated which Memorial allegedly violated by discharging plaintiff. … We do not read section 3 of the Medical Patients Rights Act to establish a clearly mandated public policy of patient safety that was violated by plaintiffs discharge.

Hershey Mfg. Co. v. Adamowski

22 Ill. 2d 36 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1961

is now being arranged for immediate delivery from aforesaid premises in Chicago to the establishment in Nevada." … A slot machine is clearly such a device.

PHL, INC. v. Pullman Bank and Trust Co.

216 Ill. 2d 250 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 3, 2005

In my view, the court’s conclusory analysis with respect to the issue of sovereign immunity is at odds with the spirit of the officer suit exception to the doctrine of sovereign immunity. … Clearly, the record establishes that the Attorney General would not allow the Treasurer to proceed with this transaction.

Outcom, Inc. v. Illinois Department of Transportation

233 Ill. 2d 324 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 21, 2009

as such an activity for purposes of establishing a “business area.” … At most, plaintiff established that the site has a nexus to commerce or industry.

Gallagher v. Lenart

226 Ill. 2d 208 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 9, 2007

We agree that a claim to enforce a workers’ compensation lien qualifies as a “claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act” in the abstract. … Plaintiffs assert that Rail Terminal’s lien qualifies as a “dispute[ ] or claim[ ]” arising out of Gallagher’s relationship with Rail Terminal.

Treece v. Shawnee Community Unit School District No. 84

39 Ill. 2d 136 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1968

Harvey is not germane, as there we struck down as arbitrary an attempt to immunize park districts by statute from certain tort liabilities, because other similar governmental entities had no such immunization. … We said that the contradicting pattern of immunity and liability bore no relationship to the realities of life and was unreasonable.

Bucheleres v. Chicago Park District

171 Ill. 2d 435 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1996

The record does not clearly establish whether plaintiff hit the bottom of the lake, a submerged rock, or floating debris, but even assuming that Smith hit a submerged rock or a slab of concrete, no competent evidence was … Finally, we note that in both Bucheleres and Smith the Park District raised the affirmative defense of governmental tort immunity pursuant to section 3 — 106 of the Tort Immunity Act.

Segal v. Chicago City Railway Co.

325 Ill. 43 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 16, 1927

The Appellate Court in its opinion on page 16 says: “We think the preponderance of the evidence is clearly against the verdict, thus necessitating, in the exercise of our powers and duty, a reversal of the judgment with a … It is therefore beyond controversy that in this case the evidence was conflicting and that the plaintiff’s evidence tended to establish a cause of action.

Sperling v. County Officers Electoral Board

57 Ill. 2d 81 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1974

of section 7—10 as to candidates speaks in terms of “qualified primary voter.” … Such restrictions and establishment of the periods of time involved are, within constitutional limitations, matters for legislative determination.

Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis v. Board of Review

231 Ill. 317 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1907

It is an institution of public charity, and where an institution devoted to beneficence of that character is, under the law, exempt from taxation, it does not lose its immunity by reason of the fact that those patients received … of bringing itself within the statute exempting the property of institutions of public charity from taxation, but the evidence in this case clearly shows that no such state of affairs exists here.

Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board of Elections

83 Ill. 2d 236 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 1, 1980

While the General Assembly is authorized to establish the “procedure for determining the validity and sufficiency of a petition” (Ill. Const. 1970, art. … Our more recent opinions, however, clearly establish that it is only separate and unrelated questions which cannot be combined in a single proposition. Village of Deerfield v.

People v. Brown

2026 IL 130930 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 28, 2026

The trial evidence established that Brown forced the victim into her car at gunpoint. … First, we “ask whether the legislature has clearly indicated the statute’s temporal reach.” People v. Hunter, 2017 IL 121306, ¶ 20.

Beck v. Lash

303 Ill. 549 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1922

The widow elected to qualify as executrix and filed the will for probate in the county court aforesaid. … The proof in the record was confined on the part of appellants mainly to the establishing of the facts that the testator, Theodore F.