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Illinois Supreme Court / Joined 1990 / Served to 2000

Michael A. Bilandic

Justice, Illinois Supreme Court

Michael A. Bilandic was a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1990. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2002
Tenure: 1990–2000 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	Illinois Supreme Court	–	–

Education

DePaul University

Judicial Record

In our data, Bilandic authored 193 published opinions for the court (1991–2000), plus 49 dissents and 30 concurrences. Most cited: Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance (1,920 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. 98 of these were attributed to Bilandic by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1992	Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance	607 N.E.2d 1204	1,920
2000	People v. Stacey	737 N.E.2d 626	745
1993	Kedzie and 103rd Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Hodge· Dissent†	619 N.E.2d 732	738
1991	People v. Illgen	583 N.E.2d 515	710
1998	City of Belvidere v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board	692 N.E.2d 295	682
1993	Crum & Forster Managers Corp. v. Resolution Trust Corp.	620 N.E.2d 1073	616
1996	Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc.	672 N.E.2d 1207	572
1997	Best v. Taylor MacHine Works· Concurrence†	689 N.E.2d 1057	571
2000	People v. Hall	743 N.E.2d 521	566
1998	People v. Kliner	705 N.E.2d 850	564
1991	United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Wilkin Insulation Co.	578 N.E.2d 926	547
1999	People v. Fern	723 N.E.2d 207	486
1998	People v. Bull· Concurrence†	705 N.E.2d 824	417
1995	Espinoza v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.	649 N.E.2d 1323	413
1992	Kolegas v. Heftel Broadcasting Corp.	607 N.E.2d 201	396

Showing the 15 most-cited of 272 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 Michael A. Bilandic on?: Michael A. Bilandic was a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.

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10 years 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).