How do judges of the Illinois Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Illinois Supreme Court / Joined 1928 / Served to 1929

Cyrus E. Dietz

Justice, Illinois Supreme Court

Cyrus E. Dietz was a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1928. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1876–1929
Tenure: 1928–1929 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1928	Illinois Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Judicial Record

In our data, Dietz authored 24 published opinions for the court (1929). Most cited: Richardson Lubricating Co. v. Kinney (51 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1929	Richardson Lubricating Co. v. Kinney	168 N.E. 886	51
1929	McCormick v. McCormick	168 N.E. 900	29
1929	The People v. Holick	169 N.E. 169	27
1929	People Ex Rel. Hesterman v. North Central College	168 N.E. 269	23
1929	The People v. Brown	168 N.E. 289	21
1929	Purity Baking Co. v. Industrial Commission	166 N.E. 33	16
1929	The People v. Shroyer	168 N.E. 336	15
1929	Farmer v. Reed	166 N.E. 498	11
1929	The People v. Balalas	166 N.E. 47	8
1929	The People v. Montgares	168 N.E. 304	6
1929	People Ex Rel. Bankers Co. of New York v. Stratton	167 N.E. 31	5
1929	Bamberger v. Barbour	167 N.E. 122	5
1929	Spring Creek Drainage District v. Greenawalt	166 N.E. 497	5
1929	Tearney v. Harding	166 N.E. 526	5
1929	The People v. Kestian	167 N.E. 786	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Illinois Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was Cyrus E. Dietz on?: Cyrus E. Dietz was a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.

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1 year on the Illinois Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).