Case law

People v. Fox

269 Ill. 300 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 27, 1915

Where the spirit and intention of the legislature in adopting the act are clearly expressed and its object and purposes are clearly set forth, the courts are not con,fined to the literal meaning of the words used, when to … At this time Cohen & Sons had the largest establishment of the kind in the west dealing in those materials and were doing a prosperous business. The fire occurred about 2 :54 A. M., March 7, 1912.

Pooh-Bah Enterprises, Inc. v. County of Cook

232 Ill. 2d 463 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 19, 2009

Plaintiff stated that it had claimed the small venue exemption because the live performances at its establishment qualify as being “live theatrical, live musical, or other live cultural performances.” … In that case, the veterans who were denied the exemption were otherwise qualified for it.

People Ex Rel. Heydenreich v. Lyons

374 Ill. 557 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1940

The judiciary will not interfere with such classification when made unless it is clearly unreasonable. Punke v. Village of Elliott, supra. … Section 16 thus mirrors an intention to assure relief to such citizens by discouraging a steady influx of unfortunate transients from other jurisdictions settling in Illinois for the primary purpose of qualifying as future

Bettis v. Marsaglia

2014 IL 117050 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 26, 2015

However, the court found that the case qualified for review under the public interest exception to the mootness doctrine. 2013 IL App (4th) 130145, ¶¶ 10-11. … . ¶ 10 We hold that petitioner’s issue and one of the two cross-appeal issues qualify for resolution under the public interest exception.

People v. Brown

2024 IL 129585 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 14, 2024

¶ 75 Spears is clearly irreconcilable with this court’s established precedent, and I agree with the majority that it should be overruled. Supra ¶ 42. … Rather, it is an argument that asks this court to upend established case law regarding when a judgment becomes final.

Bremer v. City of Rockford

2016 IL 119889 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 13, 2017

the legislature had intended the award of an occupational disease disability pension to satisfy the “catastrophic injury” requirement in section 10(a) of the Benefits Act, it would have expressed that intent clearly … by the line-of-duty disability provision in section 4-110 sufficient to qualify for section 10 benefits.

The People v. Mattei

381 Ill. 21 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 21, 1942

That he did this is clearly established by the proof. It is not denied by him that the patient described what she alleged as her symptoms, and that in response thereto he gave the treatments. … diagnosticate, an ailment, or supposed ailment, that this -verdict of acquittal under that count is inconsistent with, and repugnant to the verdict finding him guilty under the second and third counts, and constitutes complete immunity

Pooler v. Cristman

145 Ill. 405 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 9, 1893

The will by Henry Pooler had been probated in the County Court, and his estate had been settled, and the reports of the executor and the receipts executed by the testatrix would show fully and clearly the amount the testatrix … We think the second clause of the instruction, considered alone, erroneous; but the- objectionable part of the instruction seems to be qualified by the last clause.

Walradt v. Brown

6 Ill. 397 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1844

But these statutes may be considered as rather declaratory of what the common law was, than as establishing a new principle. … I do not think that the third instruction, which was given at the request of the defendant, and which seems to be contradictory to the second, so qualified it as not to mislead the jury.

Virginia Surety Co. v. Northern Insurance

224 Ill. 2d 550 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 2007

Stevens, 70 Ill. 2d at 46 (noting, “Although stated in terms of partial indemnity rather than contribution, the prayer for relief clearly seeks contribution based on the relative degree to which the employer’s misuse of the … This idea is bolstered by our statement in Braye that “an employer’s potential for tort liability exists unless and until the defense of the Workers’ Compensation Act is established.”

Andruss v. City of Evanston

68 Ill. 2d 215 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 5, 1977

Here the General Assembly clearly determined that the State had the exclusive power to regulate the licensing of real estate brokers and salesmen. … or limited the first one, but the intermediate act will be deemed to remain in force and to qualify or modify the new act in the same manner as it did the first.” 17 Ill. 2d 550, 555-56 .

Linder v. Potier

409 Ill. 407 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 24, 1951

Morris she could not come to live with her until she had qualified for a pension, which would not accrue until sometime in the future. … Appellant urges that she has established a contract.

Smith v. Department of Public Aid

67 Ill. 2d 529 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 20, 1977

The trial court granted the motion for dismissal of the Federal defendants based upon the doctrine of sovereign immunity. … earned-income exemption to AFDC families as plaintiffs urge, would be to discriminate against non-AFDC families whose income, and therefore whose food-purchasing power, is equally low but who, for other reasons, have not qualified

Taylor v. Cox

153 Ill. 220 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 30, 1894

It is suggested that this instruction should have been so qualified as to hold that the power of a testator to dispose of his estate by will is subject to the payment of his debts. … This instruction was clearly erroneous, and was properly refused.

People ex rel. Miller v. Otis

74 Ill. 384 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

That qualifying phrase only occurs in the clause investing the county court with jurisdiction to hear the application, and directs that it shall proceed “ as near as may be, as upon application for judgment for State and … In addition to this, however, it is evident, if there were'no authority to collect, the affidavit would be wholly useless, sinde its sole office is to establish, prima facie, the delinquency of the" tax payer, and this requires

Daugherty v. Carnine

261 Ill. 366 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1913

Carnine was declared duly elected to the office of commissioner of highways, and he thereafter qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. On April 10 George A. Daugherty, W. I. Martin and J. B. … An unsworn answer filed where one under oath is required may be stricken from the files on motion, and this is well established chancery practice. (Daniell’s Ch. Pl. — 5th Am. ed. — 784; 1 Ency. of Pl. & Pr. 892.)

People Ex Rel. Webb v. Babb

5 Ill. 2d 35 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 20, 1954

The Illinois courts have followed the precedent established by the Supreme Court of the United States in Munsey v. … If the alibi evidence were deemed insufficient to warrant a discharge in the Bell case, clearly the evidence herein, where rebuttal testimony was presented, was even less conclusive.

Ultsch v. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

226 Ill. 2d 169 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 2, 2007

The plain language of sections 3 — 103(2) and 3 — 107(a), considered together, clearly refutes the erroneous reasoning of the Smida court. … Because the plaintiff failed to name the Board of Trustees as a defendant, her action clearly was subject to dismissal pursuant to section 3 — 107(a).

In re Arthur H., Jr.

Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 2004

Gloria testified that she spoke to Lorraine about Earl’s apnea monitor and whether his immunizations were current. … A finding is against the manifest weight of the evidence only if the opposite conclusion is clearly evident. In re Edward T. , 343 Ill. App. 3d 778, 794 (2003).

People ex rel. Lynch v. Board of Supervisors

100 Ill. 495 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 27, 1881

It is a rule of law, well established, that where questions involved are purely political, and depend upon the construction to be given to provisions of doubtful interpretation, the court will not only give great consideration … If the constitution clearly declares, even by implication, that a certain end shall be attained, and it can only be attained by certain special legislation, and if the constitution fails to enact any special legislation to