Case law

Stimac v. DEPT. OF TREASURY, BUR. OF ALCOHOL

586 F. Supp. 34 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Apr 16, 1984

. § 552a(j)(2), qualifies as a withholding statute within the meaning of Exemption 3 of FOIA. … The record thus indicates that the system of records containing the ATF files sought by Stimac clearly meet the first two requirements necessary to qualify under Privacy Exemption (j)(2).

Martino v. Family Service Agency

112 Ill. App. 3d 593 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 9, 1982

“Psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professions are required to exercise due skill and care in conformity with that ordinarily exercised by qualified professionals in their respective fields.” 20 Proof … Leir and those other cases were decided on the issue of whether social workers employed by governmental units had sovereign immunity.

Goldberg v. RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

748 F. Supp. 2d 917 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Nov 2, 2010

Additionally, Defendants argue that Relators have failed to plead facts showing that they qualify as “original sources.” (Id.) … The final step in the three part “public disclosure” bar inquiry is determining whether Relators qualify as “original sources” under Section 3730(e)(4)(B).

Johnsen v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University

47 Ill. Ct. Cl. 261 · Court of Claims of Illinois · Jan 13, 1995

While Claimant was not told to seek work elsewhere after his meeting with Dean Jacobitti, her memorandum clearly established that Claimant knew or should have known of the uncertainty of his position as early as May of 1983 … She clearly indicated that no positions would be created.

Church of Peace v. City of Rock Island

Appellate Court of Illinois · May 12, 2005

owned or operated by the City. * * * The City hereby establishes a Storm Water Fund. … Under this analysis, the storm water service charge is clearly a fee.

People v. Walker

211 Ill. 2d 317 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 4, 2004

The State then called its two key witnesses, Aprylle and Crystal Watson, who had been granted immunity by the State for their testimony. … Thus, to prove a violation of section 24 — 1.1, the prosecutor must establish only the defendant’s felon status.

Shah v. Human Rights Commission

192 Ill. App. 3d 263 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 15, 1989

His complaint alleges facts which, if true, establish a basis for a discrimination charge. … We also agree that the prerequisites for establishing a prima facie case of handicap discrimination are nonexistent in this case, since Shah’s alleged handicap is clearly related to the adequate performance of his job as

Badenoch v. City of Chicago

222 Ill. 71 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1906

People, 202 Ill. 389 , it was held that section 8 of the Free Employment Agency act of 1899, which prohibited superintendents of the agencies established under that act from furnishing workmen or lists of workmen to employers … corporations in the State; or, to state the matter in another way, it makes the salaries and wages of the officers and employees of counties, cities, villages and school districts liable to attachment and garnishment and grants immunity

Moren v. Samuel M. Langston Co.

96 Ill. App. 2d 133 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 27, 1968

At the close of the offer of proof, defense counsel objected as follows: “First, I object because the man was not qualified as an expert in his field and that particular expert field as established by his own admission, he … From our review of the testimony and the offer of proof, we find that the witness clearly possessed knowledge and experience sufficient to qualify him as an expert.

Colon v. Noradin

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Dec 20, 2024

Judicial immunity Judicial immunity "confers complete immunity from suit, not just a mere defense to liability." Dawson v. … For example, the Seventh Circuit and Supreme Court have said, promulgation of "rules of professional conduct, enforcement of those rules, and personnel decisions" qualify as non-judicial acts. Id.

People ex rel. Birkett v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1998

The City objected to the request asserting, inter alia , that the documents were irrelevant to the present litigation and were immune from discovery under the “deliberative process privilege.” … Although the privilege may be applied on a qualified basis, its scope is unreasonably broad.

Wilson v. IDOC

District Court, S.D. Illinois · Sep 27, 2022

Qualified Immunity Simply put, Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity. … “Generally, qualified immunity protects government agents from liability when their actions do not violate ‘clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.’”

In re M.T.

2025 IL App (1st) 232134 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 21, 2025

ANALYSIS ¶ 27 The Act establishes a two-step process for determining whether a minor should be made a ward of the court: (1) the adjudicatory hearing, where the trial court must decide “ ‘whether the minor is abused, … “A finding is against the manifest weight of the evidence only if the opposite conclusion is clearly evident.” Z.L., 2021 IL 126931, ¶ 61.

Prowell v. Twin Mills Lumber Corp.

79 Ill. App. 2d 401 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 14, 1967

Gordon’s Transport is so clearly distinguishable on the facts as to require no further comment. “. . . reasonable inferences may be drawn by a jury from established facts, and a verdict may not be set aside merely because … Nor does the fact that plaintiff qualified his testimony as to the identity of the vehicle in the manner above set out preclude the jury’s finding that this was, in fact, the truck involved in the occurrence.

Rhodes v. Missouri Savings & Loan Co.

42 L.R.A. 93 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 18, 1898

. ■ It is thus clearly established, that unless the former decisions of this court and the statute of this State, all of which clearly exempt a building association organized under our own statute, be applied to the appellee … The State of Pennsylvania, where such associations have existed for many years, has established the same doctrine in thé’ cases of Janett v. Cope, 68 Pa. St. 67, Kupfert v. Guttenberg, etc.

The People v. Brown

30 Ill. 2d 297 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1964

While the sentence imposed was severe, the jurors had been qualified to impose the death penalty and were reminded of this fact by the prosecution in closing argument. … The proof established a wanton, vicious killing, and defendant’s guilt was clearly demonstrated. For the reasons given, the judgment of the criminal court of Cook County is affirmed. Judgment affirmed.

Langford v. County of Cook

965 F. Supp. 1091 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 8, 1997

Langford and Rutherford allege that they both had a known disability and were qualified to perform their positions with reasonable accommodations. … To prevail on a claim for disability discrimination, the plaintiff must establish “(1) that she is a disabled person within the meaning of the ADA; (2) that she is qualified, that is with or without reasonable accommodation

OSF Healthcare System v. Sullivan

820 F. Supp. 390 · District Court, C.D. Illinois · Apr 27, 1993

At all times relevant hereto, the Plaintiff has operated an acute care hospital and has been qualified and entitled to payment from the federal Medicare Program as a provider of hospital and related health care services. … This settlement allegedly established St. James’s SCH status for 1980 and all subsequent years assuming no change in the hospital’s circumstances affected this status.

Burrows v. Palmer

5 Ill. 2d 434 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 24, 1955

Palmer do not constitute the corpus of the trust estate established by Mary F. … a trust in his favor, but also in a proper case by establishing an implied trust. * * * Equity will not compel a trustee to take upon himself the burdens of a trust; but where the trust has been declared or established or

People ex rel. Stevenson v. Higgins

15 Ill. 110 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1853

Had the defendant been their own clerk, and the causes for removal established by their own observation, there is no intimation that such formal proceedings would have been required, or any such trial had. … What endowments were necessary to constitute requisite qualifications must be always matter of opinion, and upon that question the law has clearly made .it their duty to pass in the first place, in making the selection, and