Bowes v. City of Chicago

Decided May 24, 1954. Harry B. Hershey wrote the opinion for the court.

120 N.E.2d 15 · Cited 104 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.

• Wisconsin v. Illinois · 278 U.S. 367
• Father Basil's Lodge, Inc. v. City of Chicago · 65 N.E.2d 805
• People ex rel. Sackmann v. Keechler · 194 Ill. 235
• Husser v. Fouth · 53 N.E.2d 949
• Price v. City of Mattoon · 4 N.E.2d 850
• McCormick v. Chicago Yacht Club · 163 N.E. 418
• Ward v. Field Museum of Natural History · 241 Ill. 496
• Jacobson v. Village of Wilmette · 85 N.E.2d 753
• Dudick v. Baumann · 181 N.E. 690
• City of Dixon v. Sinow & Weinman · 183 N.E. 570
• Bliss v. Ward · 198 Ill. 104
• Miller v. Commissioners of Lincoln Park · 278 Ill. 400
• People ex rel. Hoyne v. Chicago Motor Bus Co. · 295 Ill. 486
• People Ex Rel. Fore v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 173 N.E. 816
• Michigan Boulevard Building Co. v. Chicago Park District · 412 Ill. 350
• People Ex Rel. Atwell Printing & Binding Co. v. Board of Commissioners · 177 N.E. 705
• Stevens Hotel Co. v. Chicago Yacht Club · 171 N.E. 550

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