State Supreme Court / Ill.

City of Chicago v. McGiven

Decided September 15, 1875. Benjamin R. Sheldon wrote the opinion for the court.

78 Ill. 347 · Cited 51 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Cited by (3) ↓

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Kellyville Coal Co. v. Strine · 217 Ill. 516
Illinois Central Railroad v. Smith · 208 Ill. 608
Graham v. City of Chicago · 178 N.E. 911

Explore from here

Benjamin R. Sheldon’s Judicial Record · Ill. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).