Case law

People v. Collins

70 Ill. App. 3d 413 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 23, 1979

For the Defendants fames Sternick, Assistant State’s Attorney John Guild was granted immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony against defendants. … We believe the evidence adduced at trial clearly established that Collins was a knowing participant in the common plan to commit theft and, accordingly, we will not reverse the jury’s finding of guilt.

Kritzen v. Flender Corp.

226 Ill. App. 3d 541 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 13, 1992

Holdren had believed that an employee would need to be terminated to qualify for the COBRA benefit. … That communication was under circumstances that made the alleged policy both clearly directly related to the communication and clearly important to the plaintiffs.

Craig v. Hardy

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 30, 2018

Qualified Immunity The Court next considers Defendants’ affirmative defense of qualified immunity. … “The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable

The PEOPLE v. Fiorito

19 Ill. 2d 246 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1960

The prohibition is only against unreasonable searches and does not extend to immunity from search upon a lawful arrest. (Harris v. United States, 331 U.S. 145, 150 , 91 L. ed. 1399; People v. … The evidence clearly indicates that defendant was not arrested at the hotel.

Ayala v. Murad

Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 12, 2006

“If there is a malignant tumor with a lot of invasion and some other worrisome features, the patient clearly goes to chemotherapy or *** some other form of therapy to try to stop this tumor from growing and metastasizing … The party seeking reversal has the burden of establishing prejudice. Israel, 276 Ill. App. 3d at 463.

General Houses, Inc. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

81 F. Supp. 202 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 28, 1948

The first ground asserted by the plaintiff is clearly frivolous. … think the rule to be drawn from these two cases is that a formal allegation that the amount involved is in excess of $3000 exclusive of interest and costs, is sufficient unless the bill contains other allegations which so qualify

William Rainey Harper Community College 512 v. Harper College Adjunct Faculty Ass'n

210 Ill. Dec. 506 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jul 17, 1995

The evidence in this case clearly indicates the College did not assure the adjunct faculty members they would ever be rehired beyond their current assignment. … This interpretation ignores the plain language of section 2(b) of the Act, which requires six hours of instruction per "academic semester,” which clearly means every semester the College is open.

Home Star Bank and Financial Services, etc. v. Emergency Care and Health Organization, Ltd.

6 N.E.3d 128 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 20, 2014

The term is clearly capable of being understood by reasonable persons in more than one way. … Here, those considerations clearly support a broad, flexible reading of the word “fee.”

University of Chicago Medical Center v. Sebelius

56 F. Supp. 3d 916 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 18, 2014

Secretary reimburses a qualified healthcare “provider of services” (Section 1395x(u)) for the reasonable cost of providing covered services to eligible Medicare beneficiaries through private actors known as Medicare Administrative … And on that score Hospital is clearly right.

Love v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jan 28, 2019

For § 2-201 immunity to apply, the City must establish that its actions or omissions amounted to both a policy determination and an exercise of discretion. … The City’s proposed Limited Consent waives qualified immunity upon a finding of an underlying constitutional violation.

Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. v. Egan

222 Ill. 494 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 23, 1906

The defendants then offered in evidence other portions of their testimony in the probate court for the purpose of establishing a gift of the property taken from the box by the deceased to the defendant Jane H. Millard. … Ordinarily an admission is to be taken as an entirety, and when a part of a statement is introduced as an admission against a party, he is entitled to introduce any other part relevant to the matter in issue which will explain, qualify

Fakhoury v. Village of Alsip

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 2, 2019

“Qualified immunity is available if there is ‘arguable probable cause’ for the arrest. Muhammad v. … Plaintiff argues that qualified immunity is inappropriate on the facts alleged, but her cited authorities confirm the opposite. See Fleming v.

Waterworth v. City of Joliet

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 11, 2018

Defendants also move to dismiss Counts I and II and the basis of qualified immunity, “which protects government officials from liability ‘insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … In determining whether a defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the Court considers whether plaintiff has shown a violation of a constitutional right and whether the constitutional right “was clearly established at

People v. Polenik

407 Ill. 337 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1950

Under such circumstances the court was clearly correct, and defendant has shown no cause for complaint in this regard. … Statements suggesting or inducing it to do so are clearly improper and prejudicial. People v. Black, 317 Ill. 603 .

McCartney v. Osburn

118 Ill. 403 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1886

His children, both living and dead, were clearly in his mind when drawing his will. Their issue equally occupied his attention. … This view seems to be strongly confirmed by the use of the qualifying expression, “living at the time of said division,” in connection with the words, “heirs of Henrietta.”

Cantrall v. Great American Casualty Co.

256 Ill. App. 47 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 3, 1930

The evidence clearly establishes that the insured had been a steady workman for about 12 years and there is no evidence that he had ever lost any time from his work on account of illness except that at one time more than … We think to hold that such rights may be established by contract is carrying it to unwarranted extremes.”

Case v. Forloine

203 Ill. Dec. 256 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 30, 1993

Plaintiffs appeal from this ruling, contending that: (1) the evidence established that defendants never applied for or took reasonable steps to obtain a mortgage within the time frame set forth in the mortgage contingency … For a finding or judgment to be against the manifest weight of the evidence, an opposite conclusion must be clearly evident. (In re Estate of Elson (1983), 120 Ill. App. 3d 649, 655 , 458 N.E.2d 637, 642 .)

Carroll v. Chicago Housing Authority

2015 IL App (1st) 133544 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 22, 2015

A decision is clearly erroneous if the record leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made. … As such, finding these failures to be matters justifying termination leaves us with a firm conviction that a mistake was made. ¶ 31 The HCV program is clearly an important benefit provided to qualified

English v. People

90 Ill. App. 54 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 12, 1900

The receiver was appointed on tl e same day the bill was filed, and he qualified by filing his bond on the day thereafter. … We are clearly of opinion that no such emergency is-shown as to justify the appointment of a- receiver without notice.

McNamara v. City of Chicago

959 F. Supp. 870 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 18, 1997

The uncontroverted evidence establishes that Commissioner Robert J. … A limited number of out of rank promotions to fully qualified candidates was a modest remedy for this unlawful conduct.