Case law

Overtoom v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

181 Ill. 323 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 13, 1899

(See Mineral Point Railroad Co. v. Keep, 22 Ill. 9 ; Roth v. Smith, 54 id. 431; Iglehart v. Jernegan, 16 id. 513; Schoonover v. Myers, 28 id. 308; Wilson v. Genseal, 113 id. 403; Kankakee and Seneca Railroad Co. v. … Horan, 131 id. 288; Luetgert v. Volker, 153 id. 385; Brown v. Luehrs, 79 id. 575.) But in Phares v.

Watson v. Chicago Transit Authority

52 Ill. 2d 503 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 2, 1972

About 6:30 A.M. on December 25, 1962, plaintiff and his companion, Miss Maureen Davis, boarded defendant’s bus, which contained only a few passengers, at the corner of 67th and South Parkway in Chicago. … Defendant, citing Letsos v. Chicago Transit Authority, 47 Ill.2d 437 , now argues that the directed verdict was proper. However, that case involved a factually dissimilar situation.

Illinois Central Railroad v. Hopkins

200 Ill. 122 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1902

(Gibson v. Leonard, 143 Ill. 182 ; 3 Elliott on Railroads, sec. 1250; Sweeney v. Railroad Co. 10 Allen, 568 ; Woodviles v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co. 36 W. Va. 335 ; Tobin v. … Portland Railroad Co. 59 Me. 188 ; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. v. Schwindling, 101 Pa. 261 ; St. Louis, etc. Railroad Co. v. Fairbrown, 48 Ark. 498 .)

Hayward v. Gunn

82 Ill. 385 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1876

See Eddy v. Roberts, 17 Ill. 505 ; Hite v. Wells, id. 88; Brown v. Strait, 19 id. 88; Wilson v. Bevans. 58 id. 232. … Swanzey v. Moore, 22 Ill. 63 ; James v. Morey, 44 id. 352.

People Ex Rel. Bain v. Meyering

347 Ill. 344 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1931

(People v. Leinecke, 290 Ill. 560 ; People v. Clark, 280 id. 160; Housh v. People, 75 id. 487; also, Smith’s Stat. 1931, chap. 38, pars. 662, 664, 711, 721.) … In the early case of Board of Trustees v.

People ex rel. Morey v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

201 Ill. 365 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1903

(Paltzer v. National Bank of Illinois, 145 Ill. 177 ). … (Town of Drummer v. Cox, 165 Ill. 651 ). The power of taxation cannot be exercised, unless the authority clearly appears from the law. (Hopkins v. People, 174 Ill. 416 ).

Fabrice v. Von Der Brelie

190 Ill. 460 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1901

(Coari v. Olsen, 91 Ill. 273 ; Johnson v. Johnson, 125 id. 510; Rackley v. Rackley, 151 id. 332; Brown v. Stewart, 159 id. 212; Elmstedt v. Nicholson, 186 id. 580.) We find no such error in this record. … Frazier v. Miller, 16 Ill. 48 ; Kusch v. Kusch, 143 id. 353; McClelland v. McClelland, 176 id. 83; Oard v. Oard, 59 id. 46; Cooper v. Gum, 152 id. 471.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Johnson

205 Ill. 598 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1903

The case, in all its essential features, is not distinguishable from that of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co. v. Ives, 202 Ill. 69 , where a like easement was claimed by Ives. … It was proven that at one time a prior owner of the t,ract of land put a gate under the bridge and nailed some boards to the piling on either side of the gate, and-this prevented his stock from passing under the bridge except

People v. Holten

259 Ill. 219 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1913

(Reed v. Village of Chatsworth, 201 Ill. 480 ; Trustees of Schools v. Board of School Inspectors of Peoria, 208 id. 73 ; People v. Helt, 203 id. III.)

People Ex Rel. Carlstrom v. City Court of East St. Louis

338 Ill. 363 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1930

Woelfle, warden of the Southern Illinois penitentiary at Chester; that the ground upon which said prisoners sought to be released on habeas corpus was, “that under the laws of the State of Illinois and the rules of the Board … (Wilcox v. Conklin, 255 Ill. 604 ; Ladies of Maccabees v. Harrington, 227 id. 511; Miller v. People, 183 id. 423; Reid v. Morton, 119 id. 118; People v. Barr, 22 id. 241; People v. Evans, 18 id. 361.)

Shriners Hospitals for Children v. Bauman

236 Ill. 2d 45 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 29, 2009

Board of Education, Joliet Township High School District No. 204 v. Board of Education, Lincoln Way Community High School District No. 210, 231 Ill. 2d 184, 198 (2008). … Mount v. Dusing, 414 Ill. 361, 365 (1953); Hall v. Eaton, 259 III. App. 3d 319, 321 (1994).

Martin v. Murphy

221 Ill. 632 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1906

In Ingals v. … To the same effect are Cihak v. Klekr, 117 Ill. 643 , and Newell v. Sass, 142 id. 104. Again, in Morrison v.

Alvarez v. Pappas

229 Ill. 2d 217 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 17, 2008

General Motors Corp. v. State of Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board, 224 Ill. 2d 1, 13 (2007). All other rules of statutory construction are subordinate to this cardinal principle. … Land v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 202 Ill. 2d 414, 430 (2002).

People v. Holder

96 Ill. 2d 444 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 9, 1983

Under the “long route,” the drivers could petition the National Labor Relations Board for a representation election, a process which could take three or more months. … Oklahoma State employees were charged by the Oklahoma State Personnel Board with engaging in partisan political activities that included the solicitation of money for their superior.

Sullivan v. William Ohlhaver Co.

291 Ill. 359 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1920

At the time of the collision two young men were riding on the seat of the truck and one was standing on the running-board on the right side of the truck. … Korn v. Chicago Railways Co. 271 Ill. 329 .

Illinois Central Railroad v. Fitzpatrick

227 Ill. 478 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1907

In Drake v. Auburn City Railway Co. 173 N. Y. 466 , (66 N. E. … In Drake v.

The People v. McGeoghegan

325 Ill. 337 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1927

People v. Johnson, 314 Ill. 486 ; People v. Crane, 302 id. 217. … In People v.

Italia Foods, Inc. v. Sun Tours, Inc.

Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 3, 2011

See Toibb v. Radloff, 501 U.S. 157, 162 (1991). “Ambiguity is a creature not of definitional possibilities but of statutory context.” Brown v. Gardner, 513 U.S. 115, 118 (1994). … Testa v.

People Ex Rel. Castle v. Wright

8 Ill. 2d 454 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1956

Castle v. … (People v. Board of Supervisors, 185 Ill. 288 .) The court may act on existing facts and view the case with reference to the consequences of its action, (People v.

People v. Carrera

Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2002

Citing People v. … In People v.