State Supreme Court / Ill.

City of Geneseo v. Illinois Northern Utilities Co.

Decided November 24, 1941. Clyde Ernest Stone wrote the opinion for the court.

39 N.E.2d 26 · Cited 82 times

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Precedents cited

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.

People Ex Rel. Moshier v. City of Springfield · 19 N.E.2d 598
Losei Realty Corp. v. City of New York · 171 N.E. 899
Sears v. City of Chicago · 247 Ill. 204
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad v. City of Chicago · 163 N.E. 141
Long Island Railroad v. Department of Labor · 177 N.E. 17
City of Geneseo v. Illinois Northern Utilities Co. · 1 N.E.2d 392
People Ex Rel. Mathews v. Board of Education · 182 N.E. 455
Russell v. Place · 94 U.S. 606
Chicago Motor Coach Co. v. City of Chicago · 169 N.E. 22
Village of Atwood v. Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad · 147 N.E. 449
Northern Trust Co. v. Chicago Railways Co. · 149 N.E. 422
City of Chicago v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 190 N.E. 896
Stephens v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 303 Ill. 49
People Ex Rel. Schuler v. Chapman · 19 N.E.2d 351
Lambdin v. Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Assumption Mutual Telephone Co. · 185 N.E. 221
City of Chicago v. Hastings Express Co. · 17 N.E.2d 576
City of Witt v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. · 155 N.E. 325
City of Altamont v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 180 N.E. 809
People ex rel. Hoyne v. Chicago Motor Bus Co. · 295 Ill. 486
City of Chicago v. Chicago Great Western Railroad · 180 N.E. 835
People Ex Rel. Fore v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 173 N.E. 816
Warren & Lanier v. Cash · 143 Ala. 158
Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Church v. Wolf · 302 Ill. 204
City of Geneseo v. Shearer · 157 N.E. 23

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Style Builders, Inc. v. Fuernstahl · 336 N.E.2d 369
Diginet, Inc. v. Western Union ATS, Inc. · 759 F. Supp. 1285
Duke Power Company v. City of High Point · 205 S.E.2d 774
Ace Ambulance & Oxygen Service Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 75 Ill. App. 3d 17
Village of Bolingbrook v. Citizens Utilities Co. · 231 Ill. App. 3d 740
I.C.R.R. Co. v. Ill. Commerce Com. · 75 N.E.2d 23
Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 398 Ill. 19
Weiland Tool & Manufacturing Co. v. Whitney · 251 N.E.2d 242
In Re Estate of Tilliski · 61 N.E.2d 24
McNely v. Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 7 · 137 N.E.2d 63
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