Case law

Borreson v. Department of Public Welfare

368 Ill. 425 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1938

One of the salutary purposes of the law is to furnish qualified needy persons a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. … The proposed act set up the administration of the system it established in the probate courts.

People v. Howell

60 Ill. 2d 117 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1975

“The second paragraph of section 7 does not provide a grant of immunity from prosecution as a sanction for its violation. … They had an opportunity to clearly view him in the tavern. He was identified from pictures, and he was identified in a lineup. The defendant does not contend that he was not in the tavern.

The People v. La Bostrie

14 Ill. 2d 617 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 18, 1958

The prohibition is only against unreasonable searches and does not extend to immunity from search upon a lawful arrest. (Harris v. United States, 331 U.S. 145, 150 , 91 L. ed. 1399; People v. Clark, 9 Ill.2d 400, 404 .) … To any reasonable man this statement clearly meant that the person (described was guilty of the criminal offense of unlawfully (selling narcotics.

Board of Trustees v. Industrial Commission

44 Ill. 2d 207 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1969

Clearly the Board of Trustees is an entity independent of the State in its operation and administration of the university. … It is argued that the evidence clearly establishes that appellant was “in the course of” his employment as an instructor at the time of the accident and that his injuries here “arose out of” that employment.

People v. Kozel

303 Ill. 112 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1922

The evidence of the police officers and the officers and employees of the bank showe°d clearly that these three plaintiffs in error took part in this robbery. … No serious question is made in the briefs that the proof as to the identity of each of the three was not sufficiently established.

Gilmore v. IDHS

Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 20, 2006

The court stated, APublic Aid *** can clearly come in and defend. … In fact, Fillbright=s immunity went a step further than most balloon annuities and included an amendment clause, which allowed her to push back the balloon payment if a redetermination of her life expectancy revealed a period

Edward P. Allison Co. v. Village of Dolton

24 Ill. 2d 233 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1962

Plaintiff did not admit the validity of the fees or of the ordinance imposing them, but clearly and plainly reserved its right to protest them in a manner and language that could not have been more clearly stated. … If there is no person residing in the municipality who is qualified under any one of these descriptions, the mayor or president of the municipality may appoint some other person to fill that position.

Village of Mansfield v. Moore

124 Ill. 133 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1888

The proof is undisputed that the sidewalk was within the corporate limits of the village and was built and established by the village officers, and that they assumed control of it and undertook to keep it in repair. … It is complained of because the word “repair” is not qualified by the use of the word “reasonable.”

Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Department of Revenue

163 Ill. 2d 290 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1994

The principles governing the validity of statutory tax exemptions are well established. … Some parcels may well qualify as being used "exclusively for *** school *** purposes” as the constitution requires, while others will not.

McFatridge v. Madigan

2013 IL 113676 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 28, 2013

A cause of action should be dismissed under section 2-615 only where it is clearly apparent that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts which would entitle him or her to recover. See DeHart v. … clearly expressed legislative intent.

River Park, Inc. v. City of Highland Park

184 Ill. 2d 290 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1998

Act (745 ILCS 10/8—101 (West 1994)); (3) defendant is immune from liability pursuant to section 2—104 of the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 5/2—104 (West 1996)), which provides local governmental entities with immunity from … Moreover, the district court observed that, even if plaintiffs had established a property interest, they would be unable to establish a due process violation because “allegations of arbitrary and irrational application of

Medponics Illinois LLC v. Dept. of Agriculture

2021 IL 125443 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 20, 2021

The highest scoring qualified applicant is awarded the permit in the ISP district in which it applied. 8 Ill. Adm. Code 110(f)(1) (2015). … Mixed questions of law and fact are reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard. Id. at 391.

Illinois Public Aid Commission v. Sanderson

410 Ill. 390 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1951

In support of this rationale, the commission relies upon the established principle of law, reiterated in Clare v. … The immunity of the State to general statutes of limitations when public rights are asserted is a vestige of the concept of sovereign immunity, and is designed to protect the enforcement of public rights in the conduct of

People v. Sutton

233 Ill. 2d 89 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 16, 2009

Defendant argues that Janik had several minutes during which the opportunity to fabricate clearly presented itself. … We next turn to defendant’s claim that Janik’s statements in the ambulance did not qualify as excited utterances or spontaneous declarations.

People v. Andrews

146 Ill. 2d 413 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1992

Our review of the evidence in light of all the relevant factors reveals that a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson was clearly established and that the trial court’s ruling was contrary to the manifest weight … Were this not the rule, prosecutors could immunize themselves from Batson claims by allowing one or two minority venirepersons to be impaneled. (People v. Johnson (1987), 159 Ill. App. 3d 991, 996 .)

Powers v. Wells

244 Ill. 558 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1910

Such clearly was not his intention and it is not so- contended by appellants. … The rule is well established by our decisions that a life estate may be created with power to dispose of the fee and limit a remainder after the termination of the life estate.

Rockford Transit Corp. v. Industrial Commission

38 Ill. 2d 111 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1967

Both were well qualified, their work being confined largely to lung disorders. Each diagnosed the condition as emphysema, of long standing. They agreed that it probably existed in the claimant since a very early age. … But under the language of section i(d) as it now stands the decision of the Industrial Commission was clearly unwarranted.

People v. Sanchez

115 Ill. 2d 238 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1986

Further, the defendant asserts that sociological studies have indicated that such “death-qualified” juries tend to be conviction prone, and thus deny defendants a fair trial. Defendant relies primarily on Grigsby v. … In this case, we view the aggravating factors as clearly sufficient to support the sentence the jury imposed.

People v. Adams

109 Ill. 2d 102 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 3, 1985

Establishing that was not error. … The Defendant was clearly over the age of eighteen.

People Ex Rel. Harrod v. Illinois Courts Commission

69 Ill. 2d 445 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 30, 1977

It charged that the creation of the Board, consisting of lawyers, judges and laymen, would erode public confidence in the judiciary “by enshrining in the Constitution a mechanism which clearly establishes a presumption that … The subject matter of the charge against petitioner was, therefore, clearly within the jurisdiction of the Commission.