Abrams v. City of Chicago

Decided May 20, 2004. Robert R. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

811 N.E.2d 670 · Cited 186 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• First Springfield Bank & Trust v. Galman · 720 N.E.2d 1068
• Thompson v. County of Cook · 609 N.E.2d 290
• Lee v. Chicago Transit Authority · 605 N.E.2d 493
• Harrison v. Hardin County Community Unit School District No. 1 · 197 Ill. 2d 466
• DiBenedetto v. Flora Township · 605 N.E.2d 571
• Merlo v. Public Service Co. · 45 N.E.2d 665
• Briske v. Village of Burnham · 39 N.E.2d 976
• Ziemba v. Mierzwa · 566 N.E.2d 1365
• Gatlin v. Ruder · 560 N.E.2d 586
• Bermudez v. Martinez Trucking · 796 N.E.2d 1074
• Quintana v. City of Chicago · 596 N.E.2d 128

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