Case law

SUPERVISORS CTY. OF BOONE v. Village of Rainbow Gardens

14 Ill. 2d 504 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 18, 1958

Nor does a municipal corporation have any “privileges and immunities” under the Federal constitution which it may invoke against the State, as its creator. Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore, 289 U.S. 36 , 77 L. ed. 1015. … Therefore, respondent has not sustained the burden of establishing the unreasonableness of the classification, and no constitutional provision is offended.

Gray v. Agnew

95 Ill. 315 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1880

The rule is clearly stated by Chancellor Kent in the case of Rodriguez v. Hefferman, 5 J. Ch. … It should have been qualified by informing them that their consigning the goods to them for sale on commission would not have such an effect.

Peterson v. Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension Fund

54 Ill. 2d 260 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 21, 1973

The position which the Board found to be available in the fire-prevention bureau is clearly service in the fire department. … He will remain a fireman as defined in the Code and as a fireman will be qualified to enjoy the benefits of the pension fund.

Greinke v. Chicago City Railway Co.

234 Ill. 564 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1908

Bundy, 210 id. 39;) but the declarations of the injured party made to a physician who has made an examination of such party with a view to qualify himself to testify as a witness, only, are not admissible. … Cox was therefore corroborative and cumulative of facts and conditions which had been clearly established by other competent evidence. In West Chicago Street Railroad Co. v.

Sullivan v. Edward Hospital

Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 5, 2004

Clearly, Gill and Jones do not stand for the proposition that this court has disregarded, or should disregard, the licensing requirement first established in Dolan . … App. 2d 314, 319-20 , 333 P.2d 29, 33 (1958) (reasoning that “surely, a qualified doctor would know what was standard procedure for nurses to follow”).

Boehm v. Hertz

48 L.R.A. 575 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 16, 1899

The object of the institution is to qualify teachers for the common schools of this State. … The purpose of their establishment is to advance the public school system and create a body of teachers better qualified for the purpose of carrying out the policy of the State with reference to free schools, and provide

The People v. Capuzi

20 Ill. 2d 486 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 1, 1960

Conti’s office is established conformably to section 9 — 75 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 24, par. 9 — 75). … Sonnemann, clearly recognizes that an individual performing purely ministerial acts does not hold a lucrative office under the State. One defendant enjoys civil service status.

Vaughn v. City of West Frankfort

166 Ill. 2d 155 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 18, 1995

The appellate court also opined that the costs of guarding against injury "clearly suggest the imposition of a duty in the pedestrian-defect type of case.” ( 258 Ill. App. 3d at 433-34 .) … Although we are sympathetic to plaintiffs injuries, the Illinois legislature has established a clear public policy to immunize government from the financial burdens of preventing injuries which occur as a result of unintended

Christian Action Ministry v. Department of Local Government Affairs

74 Ill. 2d 51 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 4, 1978

The phrase “all final administrative decisions” is neither limited nor qualified. … Questions about the propriety of an exemption or denial of exemption clearly lend themselves to meaningful judicial review. (See our analysis of the second issue below.)

People v. Johnson

355 Ill. Dec. 417 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 1, 2011

. ¶ 11 Section 5-4-3(k)(1) establishes a State Offender DNA Identification System Fund (Fund), "a special fund in the State Treasury." 730 ILCS 5/5-4-3(k)(1) (West 2008). … . ¶ 19 Marshall establishes, first, that the DNA analysis charge clearly is compensatory. It is intended to cover the cost of analyzing the offender's DNA, and therefore is paid only once.

People v. Smith

195 Ill. 2d 179 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 1, 2000

Matters of trial strategy are generally immune from claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. People v. West, 187 Ill. 2d 418, 432 (1999). … App. 3d 593 (1992), the prosecutor clearly misstated the evidence adduced at trial.

Board of Certified Safety Professionals of the Americas, Inc. v. Johnson

112 Ill. 2d 542 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 6, 1986

According to its articles of incorporation, the Board was established by the American Society of Safety Engineers in 1969 “[f]or charitable, scientific, and educational purposes and to promote the advancement of safety through … The criteria for determining whether an organization qualifies for this exemption as set out in Methodist Old Peoples Home v.

People ex rel. Shallberg v. Central Union Telephone Co.

232 Ill. 260 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1908

The matters of inducement were stated for the purpose of explaining and qualifying the general denial of the usurpation of power. … The grant and the conditions ran together during the existence of the grant, and clearly the conditions were vital to the contract.

Gannon v. C., M., ST. P. & P. RY. CO.

22 Ill. 2d 305 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1961

The section does not contain the qualifying words "having charge of" after the word "owner," as appears in section 9. … Without clearly accepting or rejecting the New York court's reasoning, our court in the Claffy case followed the same approach and found that the owner therein retained control of the premises and was therefore liable for

Glorioso v. Sun-Times Media Holdings, LLC

2024 IL 130137 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 21, 2024

In Justice Hyman’s view, the articles were clearly published in sole furtherance of government participation because they reported on government malfeasance and were “undeniably newsworthy and of interest to … This holding was again applied in Pennington to grant antitrust immunity to coal companies and unions who petitioned the Department of Labor to establish minimum wages for competing contractors and later

Berg v. Allied Security, Inc.

Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1999

It therefore could not qualify as any kind of motion, much less a post-trial motion under section 2–1203. … It is not a reason for holding that the motion does not even qualify as a motion. A lame horse, after all, is still a horse.

Spragins v. Houghton

3 Ill. 377 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1840

It must be satisfactory to every State, because it is conformable to the standard already established, or which may be established, by the State itself. … Another authority may be found in Yattel, supporting very clearly this distinction.

People v. Phyllis B.

231 Ill. 2d 459 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 2008

Looking to the debates, we find that comments by the legislature clearly and strongly favor an interpretation that the phrase “unless it is found to be in his or her best interest” modifies only the phrase prohibiting a minor … The comments repeatedly and definitively establish that the amendment was meant to expand the six-month time period.

Kennedy v. LeMoyne

188 Ill. 255 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 20, 1900

The act of 1861, so far as it attempts by section 5 to repeal the law of 1853, being clearly in violation of section 23 of article 3 of the constitution of 1848, is unconstitutional and void, and said bishop and his successors … trustees, and provided that they should hold office “until the next ensuing annual convention of the said Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Illinois and until their successors in office shall be appointed and qualified

People v. Garcia

241 Ill. 2d 416 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 21, 2011

In Harden , the statutory language clearly applied to prior Illinois convictions but did not reference federal convictions. … Here, the statutory language clearly excludes time spent in custody from the 10-year limit, but does not reference exclusion of time spent as a result of a defendant's wrongful delay.