Case law

Bartlow v. Costigan

2014 IL 115152 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 25, 2014

If the plain language of the statute sets forth clearly perceived -8-  boundaries, the vagueness challenge fails, and our inquiry ends. … As our appellate court has repeatedly recognized, a reviewing court is “entitled to have issues clearly defined with pertinent authority cited and cohesive arguments presented.”

In re Estate of Adames

2020 IL App (1st) 190573 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Oct 20, 2020

In the event that Kyle’s Trust did not qualify, Tempco would “revert to being taxed as a C Corporation, which may have a significant financial impact on the company and its shareholders.” … Under the Act, “ ‘[a] person establishing a trust may specify in the instrument the rights, powers, duties, limitations and immunities applicable to the trustee, beneficiary and others and those provisions where not otherwise

People ex rel. Miller v. Brislin

80 Ill. 423 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875

We are of opinion they were not disqualified—the law appointing them qualified them. … The objection made by appellee, that two judgments have been rendered against the same lands in the same proceeding, is not clearly understood.

In Re Marriage of Cooper

102 Ill. App. 3d 872 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 28, 1981

To establish such change as would warrant an increase in support, petitioner must show that the children’s needs and the noncustodial spouse’s ability to pay have increased. (In re Marriage of Adams (1981), 92 Ill. … While the increase in a spouse’s income is an important consideration in modifying child support, it is clearly not the sole factor under section 505(a) of the Act.

People v. Clayton

302 Ill. App. 3d 220 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 28, 1998

Ward testified that defendant responded by stating that he was a clinical psychologist, that he was qualified to do the work he does, and that he knows what he’s doing. … Moreover, the facts in this case show that defendant, without a license, clearly represented himself as a clinical psychologist in a way that Ward could easily understand.

United States v. Mancari

663 F. Supp. 1343 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 8, 1987

With the meaning of § 2517(5) established, then, I turn to the defendant’s claim. B. § 2517(5) Applied. … its own to establish probable cause.

Bryant v. Am. Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago

407 F. Supp. 360 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jan 23, 1976

fair opportunity to participate in the proceedings in which the terms of the sale were established, and whether the defendant followed the approved procedures. … Similarly, a receivership proceeding qualifies as a judicial proceeding. Frontier Investment Corp. v. Belleville National Savings Bank, 119 Ill. App.2d 2 , 254 N.E.2d 295 , 7 UCC Rep.Serv. 243 (1969). 2 .

Calderone v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 17, 2019

Qualified Immunity In the alternative, the individual defendants are protected by qualified immunity. … A state actor is entitled to qualified immunity “unless the plaintiff shows: (1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) that the right was ‘clearly established’ at the time of the challenged

Williams v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

715 F. Supp. 857 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 16, 1989

K showing that three employees were unaffected by CNW’s actions (and of course three employees hardly qualify as a “substantial number”). … Clearly the objection is more than a technical one.

Lake County Riverboat, L.P. v. Illinois Gaming Board

332 Ill. App. 3d 127 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 28, 2002

It began with a written qualifying test scheduled for January 10, 1998. … He was “clearly injured” by the education requirement established by the City, whether or not he took the test. Nolan, 309 Ill. App. 3d at 140 .

In Re Anthony

42 F. Supp. 312 · District Court, E.D. Illinois · Dec 15, 1941

examination of the bankrupt, unless the bankrupt shall waive in writing his right to a discharge, the court shall discharge the bankrupt if no objection has been filed, but if within such time objections be filed by any party qualified … To give such partial relief would in no measure serve to promote the purposes of the Act or the policy therein established.

Fowler v. Black

11 L.R.A. 670 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 22, 1891

This principle excluded parol evidence contradictory of the writing itself, even though such evidence might clearly show that the real intention of the parties was at variance with the particular intention expressed in the … Recurring then to the deed itself, we are of the opinion that, under the rules of law now firmly established in this State, said deed must be held to be a conveyance to Alonzo S.

County of Kane v. Carlson

140 Ill. App. 3d 814 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 7, 1986

The county is clearly a “[unit] of local government” (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VII, sec. 1) and so, if the employer of the deputy circuit clerks, would be a “public employer” for purposes of the PLRA. … Board of Governors (1984), 102 Ill. 2d 387, 391-94 (Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities held to be the State for purposes of sovereign immunity).)

Troogstad v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 9, 2024

The Seventh Circuit test for whether a belief qualifies as “religious” is whether the belief “occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by the orthodox belief in God.” Adeyeye v. … Additionally, because the Court has found that Troogstad has failed to state a claim, it is unnecessary to reach the City’s assertion of immunity under the Illinois Tort Immunity Act.

Murray v. New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc.

232 F.R.D. 295 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Nov 17, 2005

In Ruffin-Thompkins , however, the plaintiff had to establish actual injury as an element of his claim under section 1681i(a)(l)(A) of the Act. … While the former could be chalked up to the mathematical illiteracy of the legal profession, the latter rationale is clearly incompatible with the purpose of Rule 23, which is in part intended to serve as vehicle for redressing

Asian Human Services Family Health Center, Inc. v. Asian Human Services, Inc.

2020 IL App (1st) 191049 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 23, 2021

Now, clearly that would be the antecedent relationship and it makes his actions that much more strange, but that’s not the basis.” … Deutsche Bank AG, 2012 IL 112219, in support of its position is misplaced, as that case is clearly distinguishable from the facts here.

Gonzalez v. Elmwood Park Community Unit School District No. 401

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Aug 15, 2024

The Court likewise rejects the District’s argument that Gonzalez has not alleged a clearly mandated public policy. … The District does not discuss whether Gonzalez’s media interview qualifies as constitutionally protected speech.

John Crane Inc. v. AIU Insurance Co.

441 Ill. Dec. 740 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 12, 2020

Even where the experts are “eminently qualified,” the trial court need not take their opinions as conclusive on the matter. Lukas, 155 Ill. App. 3d at 523. … JCI contends that a new trial using proper allocation methods as set by the trial court would establish exhaustion “once and for all.

MPower Energy NJ v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n

2026 IL App (4th) 250130-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 4, 2026

The ICC further claimed that Mpower’s complaint was barred by sovereign immunity. … ¶ 20 This is clearly untrue. Mpower’s initial complaint and its proposed amended complaint challenged the revocation of its licenses by the ICC.

DeLuna v. Burciaga

223 Ill. 2d 49 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 5, 2006

Clearly, section 13 — 214.3 addresses “an action” to which section 13 — 215 applies. … of action”; however, there is “a widely recognized exception to this general rule in those instances when the existence of a fiduciary relationship is clearly established”).