Case law

Moran Transportation Corp. v. Stroger

303 Ill. App. 3d 459 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 5, 1999

The village argued that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the exemption because they did not qualify for the exemption and therefore suffered no actionable injury. … As the court stated in Ball, “[w]ere we to accept the Village’s argument, only those residents who qualify for the exemption would be capable of challenging it.

People v. Petropoulos

59 Ill. App. 2d 298 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 6, 1965

The Code establishes four categories of defects or insufficiencies or situations which render an indictment amenable to attack. First, are the kinds which are termed “formal defects.” … The indictment clearly stated that the act complained of occurred in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, on March 6, 1943.

People v. Anderson

2018 IL App (1st) 150931 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jul 31, 2018

On June 9, Carter appeared before the grand jury again and testified in exchange for immunity from prosecution for the probation violation. … In fact, Darden never testified to the grand jury about Corey’s alleged threat, nor was there any evidence at trial that he spoke about it to police. ¶ 28 Thus, the State’s argument was clearly in error.

Haake v. Board of Education for Township High School Glebard District

Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 15, 2010

Finally, the defendant argues that the benefits were limited to those retirees who qualified to participate in an early retirement option (ERO) under the Teachers' Retirement System, and 23 of the plaintiffs did not qualify … First, the Seventh Circuit's statements were clearly obiter dicta, as the argument the court purported to reject had not been raised and thus was not before the court. See People v.

Gray v. First National Bank

294 Ill. App. 62 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 28, 1938

The petition of the bank to be substituted as plaintiff clearly set up the facts upon which it was based. … It might appoint the First National Bank, which the bill shows to be qualified.

Quintana v. Ferrara Candy Company

2020 IL App (3d) 190414-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jul 21, 2020

This agreement established the duties and responsibilities of each entity. … Elite Staffing was required to recruit, screen, and assign “qualified employees to perform under Ferrara’s supervision.”

Snavely v. Snavely

349 Ill. App. 369 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 26, 1953

The court said at page 387: “We are clearly of opinion that, upon the general principles of law, the supposed lunatic is entitled to reasonable notice. . . . … The idea is too monstrous to be tolerated for a moment that the legislature ever intended to establish a rule by which secret proceedings might be instituted against any member of the community, by any party who might be

People v. Johnson

406 Ill. App. 3d 805 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 20, 2010

However, the objections raised below were clearly based on theories different from those defendant presents here. … The analyst was qualified, without objection, as an expert in forensic DNA analysis.

Community Mental Health Council, Inc. v. Department of Revenue

186 Ill. App. 3d 73 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 30, 1989

The Department clearly did not raise this issue in the trial court and it therefore cannot be raised on appeal under the circumstances here. … In light of the foregoing, the Foundation clearly was not a necessary party to the Council’s administrative review action against the Department.

People v. Bridges

2025 IL App (1st) 241180 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 26, 2026

The State asked Garza whether he could clearly see shell casings on the ground, and Garza confirmed that he could. … “Such decisions have long been viewed as matters of trial strategy, which are generally immune from claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.” (Citations omitted.) Id.

Unity Christian School v. Rowell

2014 IL App (3d) 120799 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 21, 2014

Only some types of preseminary or novitiate schools would likely qualify for exemption under the Department’s strict and narrow reading of the Act. … The Department’s finding to the contrary is clearly erroneous. Yet, the Department’s decision must be confirmed.

Rose v. Pucinski

Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 22, 2001

Plaintiffs are litigants who were compelled to pay the fee when they filed their lawsuits for various causes of action, but did not qualify as users of the arbitration system. … The party who challenges a statute's constitutionality bears the heavy burden of clearly establishing the violation alleged. People v. Jeffries , 164 Ill. 2d 104, 111 , 646 N.E.2d 587 (1995).

Baley v. Federal Signal Corporation

2012 IL App (1st) 93312 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 13, 2012

Geddes’ credentials established him as qualified to testify. … Geddes’ testimony, as he was qualified and his opinion was not speculative.

People v. Grayson

321 Ill. App. 3d 397 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 10, 2001

Both fighters are guilty of battery unless one of them qualifies to use force as an initial aggressor. See State v. Allred, 129 N.C. … Even if Jesse’s testimony is believed, that he had not made any physical contact before his nose was broken, that testimony does not establish that Jesse was not the initial aggressor.

In Re Marriage of Carter

317 Ill. App. 3d 546 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 6, 2000

as follows: each party received his/her own IRA, checking, and savings-accounts; each party received his/her own automobile and accompanying debt; the parties would equally divide their retirement accounts according to a qualified … Clearly, the marriage was undergoing an irreconcilable breakdown at least by that time.

Georgetown-Ridge Farm Community Unit School District No. 4 v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

239 Ill. App. 3d 428 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 28, 1992

The District’s RIF clearly involved the employees’ wages, hours, and conditions of employment. The effect on them was profound. … The IELRB found all this evidence clearly established discriminatory discharge. The District tried to show the dismissals were economically motivated.

People v. Hamilton

361 Ill. App. 3d 836 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Oct 27, 2005

After testifying to his credentials without objection, Leonhardt was qualified to testify as an expert in pediatrics in general and child abuse in particular. Dr. … Leonhardt, was qualified as an expert in cases of child abuse, having personally observed several prior instances of that offense.

People v. Taber

239 N.E.3d 664 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 25, 2023

For the purposes of this Act, the words and phrases described in this Section have the meanings designated in this Section, except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning. … (b) The Chief Judge of each circuit shall appoint the Chief Probation Officer and all other probation officers for his or her circuit from lists of qualified applicants supplied by the Supreme Court.

Goodman v. Goodman

226 N.E.3d 704 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 24, 2023

“The absolute-litigation privilege immunizes certain statements and conduct by attorneys in the course of litigation.” Doe v. Williams McCarthy, LLP, 2017 IL App (2d) 160860, ¶ 19. … Merely because Dru first became aware of the legal term “cohabitation” in June 2016 does not overcome the other evidence that clearly establishes that the surveillance was pertinent to the divorce litigation.

Three Angels Broadcasting Network, Inc. v. Department of Revenue

381 Ill. App. 3d 679 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 31, 2008

The ALJ concluded that the vast majority of the property at issue did not qualify for a religious-use or charitable-use property tax exemption. … Accordingly, we will only reverse the decision of the Department to deny the exemptions if that decision was clearly erroneous.