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  • Rottner v. Buchner

    260 Ill. 475 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1913

    care and preservation after their return to the county clerk’s office, they ought not to be permitted to overthrow the result shown by the returns of the judges and clerks of election as declared by the county canvassing board … (Graham v. Peters, 248 Ill. 50 ; West v. Sloan, 238 id. 330.)

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • People v. McDonald

    2016 IL 118882 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 13, 2017

    Police found no gun on the man but did find an empty brown whiskey bottle lying near the man’s body. … Illinois Pollution Control Board, 384 Ill. App. 3d 457, 461 (2008).

    Cited 164 timesPublished
  • City of Chicago v. McGraw

    75 Ill. 566 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1874

    Allen v. The City of Decatur, 23 Ill. 334 ; Wolf et al. v. Boettcher, 64 ib. 316. … Thayer v. Boston, 19 Metc. 571 . See, also, Dillon on Municipal Corporations, § 772, and note.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Oakes v. Chicago Fire Brick Co.

    388 Ill. 474 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1944

    The case of Roundtree v. … That recent holding of this court is in complete accord with the principles laid down in the leading English case, Leroux v. Brown, 12 C. B. 801, 138 Eng.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Mattis v. State Universities Retirement System

    Illinois Supreme Court · May 20, 2004

    Illinois State Board of Education , 185 Ill. 2d 443, 454 (1999), quoting Bonaguro v. County Officers Electoral Board , 158 Ill. 2d 391, 396 (1994). … Land v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago , 202 Ill. 2d 414, 421 (2002), citing Paris v. Feder , 179 Ill. 2d 173, 177 (1997).

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  • The People v. De Simone

    28 Ill. 2d 72 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 27, 1963

    People v. Burson, 11 Ill.2d 360, 370 ; see also Brown v. People, 8 Ill.2d 540 ; People v. Maynard, 347 Ill. 422 . … Similarly, in Withers v. People, 23 Ill.2d 131 , there was no history of mental incapacity prior to the trial.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • People v. Fitzpatrick

    158 Ill. 2d 360 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1994

    Chicago Bar Association v. State Board of Elections (1990), 136 Ill. 2d 513, 526 , citing Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board Of Elections (1976), 65 Ill. 2d 453, 464 .) … See People v. DiGuida (1992), 152 Ill. 2d 104, 118 .

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Rauh v. Rockford Products Corp.

    143 Ill. 2d 377 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 30, 1991

    On February 26, the board of directors unanimously voted to discharge Rauh. … Burchell v. Marsh (1855), 58 U.S. (17 How.) 344, 349 , 15 L. Ed. 96, 99 ; Ross v. Watt (1854), 16 Ill. 99, 102 ; White Star Mining Co. v. Hultberg (1906), 220 Ill. 578, 609 ; Podolsky v.

    Cited 97 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Ryan v. Roe

    201 Ill. 2d 552 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 3, 2002

    Baker v. Cowlin, 154 Ill. 2d 193, 196 (1992), quoting People ex rel. Daley v. Limperis, 86 Ill. 2d 459, 466 (1981); see also People v. Watford, 294 Ill. … See People v. Brown, 296 Ill. App. 3d 1041, 1043 (1998) (mandatory supervised release requirements may not be bargained-away by the State during plea negotiations).

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • The People v. Kruse

    385 Ill. 42 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1943

    She testified that she fell on the running-board of the car to avoid being thrown in. … (People v. Anderson, 382 Ill. 316 ; People v. Maher, 377 Ill. 488 ; People v. Makovicki, 316 Ill. 407 .)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Ryan v. People ex rel. Hanberg

    207 Ill. 74 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1903

    this appeal is, that the court below refused to admit evidence for the purpose of showing that the engineer’s estimate of the cost of the improvement was not made a part of the record of the preliminary resolution of the board … The case is, in respect to this matter, like that of Gage v. People ex rel.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • People v. Yarbrough

    67 Ill. 2d 222 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 20, 1977

    In People v. … See also People v. Williams (1963), 28 Ill. 2d 114 ; People v. Brown (1964), 30 Ill. 2d 297 . For the reasons given, the judgment of the appellate court is reversed and the judgment of the circuit court of St.

    Cited 102 timesPublished
  • Rivard v. Chicago Fire Fighters Union, Local No. 2

    122 Ill. 2d 303 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1988

    (Maiter v. Chicago Board of Education (1980), 82 Ill. 2d 373, 390 ; Orlicki v. McCarthy (1954), 4 Ill. 2d 342, 346 .) The presumption of prospectivity is rebuttable, but only by the act itself. … (Maiter v. Chicago Board of Education (1980), 82 Ill. 2d 373, 390 ; Orlicki v. McCarthy (1954), 4 Ill. 2d 342, 346 .)

    Cited 104 timesPublished
  • Chechik v. Koletsky

    305 Ill. 518 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1922

    . & Pr. sec. 700; DeGrasse v. Gossard Co. 236 Ill. 73 ; Rosenthal v. Board of Education, 239 id. 29; McGourkey v. Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Co. 146 U. S. 536 , 13 Sup. Ct. 170.) … (Weberpals v. Jenny, 300 Ill. 145 .) In Hunter v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Joliet Bottling Co. v. Joliet Citizens' Brewing Co.

    254 Ill. 215 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1912

    (Brown v. Foster, 113 Mass. 136 ; 18 Am. Rep. 463 ; Zaleski v. Clark, 44 Conn. 218 ; 26 Am. Rep. 446 ; Gibson v. Cranage, 39 Mich. 49 ; 33 Am. Rep. 351 .) … Davis v. Fidelity Fire Ins. Co. 208 Ill. 375 ; Orr v. Ward, 73 id. 318; Irish v. Dean, 39 Wis. 562 .

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Schutzenhofer v. Granite City Steel Co.

    93 Ill. 2d 208 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1982

    As authority for considering the merits and reversing for a new trial, the majority cites Hux v. Raben (1967), 38 Ill. 2d 223 , and Inolex Corp. v. Rosewell (1978), 72 Ill. 2d 198 . … In Brown v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Ostergren v. Forest Preserve District of Will County

    104 Ill. 2d 128 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1984

    (Cotter v. Stockel, 97 Conn. 239 , 116 Atl. 248 ; Silver v. Silver, 108 Conn. 371 , 143 Atl. 240 .) … Thus, the plaintiff’s reliance on Board of Education v. Blodgett (1895), 155 Ill. 441, 450 , is misplaced.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Lee v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

    231 Ill. 454 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1907

    Louis Railway Co. v. … Louis Railway Co. v. People, 225 id. 519, and Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co. v. People, 226 id. 557, and their repetition here is unnecessary.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Moffat Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

    397 Ill. 196 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 22, 1947

    Industrial Com. 377 Ill. 587 ; Brown Shoe Co. v. Industrial Com. 371 Ill. 273 ; Dunavan v. Industrial Com. 355 Ill. 444 ; Cooke v. Industrial Com. 340 Ill. 309 ; Peabody Coal Co. v. Industrial Com. 287 Ill. 407 .) … Thaxton v. Coal Belt Electric Railway Co. 311 Ill. 29 ; People v. Evans, 262 Ill. 235 ; Hunter v. Hunter, 100 Ill. 519 ; Goodsell v. Boynton, 1 Scam. 555 .)

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • The PEOPLE v. Lyons

    42 Ill. 2d 437 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 28, 1969

    Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 104 — 2(a); People v. Brown, No. 41666, March, 1969, term. … We said of waivers of jury in People v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished

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