State Supreme Court / Ill.

City of Elmhurst v. Buettgen

Decided May 21, 1946. Charles H. Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

68 N.E.2d 278 · Cited 62 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.

Sorrells v. United States · 287 U.S. 435
Topliff v. City of Chicago · 196 Ill. 215
Dean Milk Co. v. City of Chicago · 53 N.E.2d 612
People Ex Rel. Yohnka v. Kennedy · 10 N.E.2d 806
Lawton v. Sweitzer · 188 N.E. 811
People v. Day · 313 Ill. 531

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