Case law

Williams v. Cook County Officers Electoral Board

2015 IL App (1st) 150568 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jul 9, 2015

This court is entitled to clearly defined issues, cohesive legal arguments and citations to relevant authority. County Mutual Insurance Co. v. Styck’s Body Shop, Inc., 396 Ill. App. 3d 241, 254-55 (2009). … As we already established above, petitioner was ineligible to serve as a school board member at the time he filed his nomination papers and the Electoral Board properly removed his name from the ballot. ¶ 11

People ex rel. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Walker

61 Ill. 2d 112 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1975

intent clearly supports the Petitioners-Appellees [plaintiffs] viewpoint that the General Assembly intended a $100.00 salary increase begin September 1, 1974, subsequent to the date the legislation was initially passed.” … We are of the opinion that those employees who qualify should be paid a proportional share of the full salary increase during this period.

People v. Landgham

182 Ill. App. 3d 148 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 11, 1989

As discussed previously, Illinois courts have rejected the argument that death-qualified juries are conviction prone. In addition, the supreme court has held that there is no need to “life-qualify” a jury. … The evidence will show you that clearly.”

Pre-School Owners Ass'n of Illinois, Inc. v. Department of Children & Family Services

119 Ill. 2d 268 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1988

With respect to the exemption for day-care programs conducted on Federal premises, the legislature correctly determined that State regulation would be incompatible with the broad immunity from State regulation enjoyed by … Stat. 1985, ch. 23, par. 2217(c)), which provides: “The Department, in applying standards prescribed and published, as herein provided, shall offer consultation through employed staff or other qualified persons to assist

In Re Estate of Zimmerman

63 Ill. App. 3d 560 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Aug 4, 1978

We can read the amendment no other way but as having expanded the breadth of eligibility of otherwise qualified acknowledged children to include those who were over the age of 15 at the time the parent-child relation began … Although the State characterizes the 1967 amendment as “slight,” we nonetheless find it sufficient to clearly evidence a significant departure in substance and legislative intent.

McEachern v. Civiletti

502 F. Supp. 532 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Dec 4, 1980

When doctors at Cook County informed plaintiff that they could do nothing further to improve his condition, plaintiff attempted to escape, allegedly to seek out better-qualified physicians. … Defendants contend that the affidavit and medical records belie plaintiff’s allegations and establish that plaintiff was afforded frequent and extensive treatment throughout the duration of his stay at MCC.

Green v. Village of Schaumburg

676 F. Supp. 870 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jan 12, 1988

Door-to-door solicitation clearly is entitled to First Amendment protection. Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment, 444 U.S. 620, 632 , 100 S.Ct. 826, 833 , 63 L.Ed.2d 73 (1980). … Defendants Alley and Christianson argue that they are entitled to a qualified immunity defense, see Harlow v.

Henline v. People

81 Ill. 269 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 15, 1876

But in this case the order finds that the petition was “in conformity with law,” which clearly implies that the court had heard satisfactory evidence that the petitioners were legally authorized to sign it. … The proceeding was intended to be practical, so that the common highways of the country might be established without the employment of a corps of scientific men for the purpose, but that the roads might be established by

Charles v. Wiberg

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jan 8, 2018

right, and whether that right was clearly established at the time. … Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established” rights. See Pearson, 555 U.S. at 231 (internal quotation marks omitted).

Todd v. Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Steel Workers of Chicago

223 F. Supp. 12 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Oct 16, 1963

Without attempting here to examine its motivations, a study of the Court’s decisions relative to this law of sovereign immunity would clearly indicate precedent upon which to rest the present action against both Tesauro, … I now legally conclude from the instant facts it is not only clearly established that such a relationship exists but in the language of the Supreme Court a relationship involving the Federal Government and the State, through

People ex rel. Taylor v. Camargo Community Consolidated School District No. 158

313 Ill. 321 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1924

children are to be provided for may, in establishing districts, establish such as will not accomplish the purpose of furnishing a good common school education. … This requirement was not changed, and since a consolidated district could not be organized out of districts which were not contiguous, it was clearly not the intention of the legislature that such an organization could be

The PEOPLE v. Cox

12 Ill. 2d 265 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 1957

While the record leaves in doubt the question of whether Simmons and Griffin had a closer relationship than the mere sharing of office space, it clearly shows that Griffin was not retained by either defendant or his mother … Johnson, 64 S.D. 162 , 265 N.W. 597 , where a disbarred lawyer was assisted by a qualified attorney; and State v.

Brooke Inns, Inc. v. S & R HI-FI AND TV

249 Ill. App. 3d 1064 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 21, 1993

Defendant claimed that the time and/or date the photographs were taken were never established. … Where a fire incident report clearly contains an opinion as to the cause of the fire, it is not admissible under the public records exception to the hearsay rule unless the author of the report is qualified as an expert.

Bosco v. Janowitz

388 Ill. App. 3d 450 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 10, 2009

Orbeta complied with the standard of care for a reasonably well-qualified gastroenterologist. Doctors Orbeta and Barrett presented testimony that Dr. … Orbeta did not breach the standard of care for a reasonably well-qualified gastroenterologist. Therefore, the plaintiff has not established the necessary threshold to warrant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Village of Vernon Hills v. Vernon Fire Protection District

168 Ill. 2d 117 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 21, 1995

As a final matter, the Village maintains that Vernon Fire failed to carry its burden of establishing that section 14.14 is unconstitutional. … Consequently, the arbitrariness of the statute’s population classification has been established.

Olsen v. Chicago Dock & Canal Co.

5 Ill. App. 3d 1105 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 18, 1972

There were well-lighted and clearly marked passageways to both the cafeteria and rest rooms which ran through the former production area. There also was an unobstructed passageway to the drinking fountain. … In order to qualify as an implied invitee, as opposed to a mere licensee, the party injured must come to the premises for a purpose connected with the business in which the owner or occupant is interested. (Hart v.

Illinois Beta House Fund Corp. v. Department of Revenue

382 Ill. App. 3d 426 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 25, 2008

The clearly erroneous standard requires us to give some deference to the agency’s expertise and experience with the statute it is charged with administering. Rogy’s, 318 Ill. App. 3d at 770 . … In an attempt to establish that the fraternity is “assisting] the university’s mission,” it argues “the University actively pursues links with and supervises the fraternities on campus, including the [Illinois Beta Chapter

United States Gypsum Company v. United States

304 F. Supp. 627 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 11, 1969

The government’s main challenge to the rates as established is that those rates were established for a 5,600 ton vessel and the vessels being used by Panama were larger and faster than the 5,600 ton vessel and therefore would … . § 482 ) in order to clearly reflect income for federal tax purposes.

Huber v. Williams

338 Ill. 313 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1930

Appellant seeks to establish the delivery of the deed and asks its reformation so that the description will include lots 14 and 15. … The evidence not only fails to establish the delivery of the deed, but it also fails to show its acceptance by the grantee.

People v. Donald

239 N.E.3d 634 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Aug 25, 2023

When a defendant fails to establish plain error, “the procedural default must be honored.” People v. Keene, 169 Ill. 2d 1, 17 (1995). … permit one conviction to both establish an element for UUWF and serve as a “[q]ualifying predicate offense” for extended sentencing.