State Supreme Court / Ill.

Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar

Decided October 18, 1996. John L. Nickels wrote the opinion for the court.

672 N.E.2d 1178 · Cited 199 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.

Abbott v. Burke · 575 A.2d 359
Kalodimos v. Village of Morton Grove · 470 N.E.2d 266
Pauley v. Kelly · 255 S.E.2d 859
Client Follow-Up Co. v. Hynes · 390 N.E.2d 847
Hornbeck v. Somerset County Board of Education · 458 A.2d 758
Fiedler v. Eckfeldt · 166 N.E. 504
League of Women Voters of Peoria v. County of Peoria · 520 N.E.2d 626
Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby · 777 S.W.2d 391
Board of Education v. Nyquist · 57 N.Y.2d 27
Jacobson v. Department of Public Aid · 664 N.E.2d 1024
Nevitt v. Langfelder · 623 N.E.2d 281
Seattle School District No. 1 v. State · 585 P.2d 71
Donovan v. Holzman · 132 N.E.2d 501
Blase v. State · 302 N.E.2d 46
Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc. · 790 S.W.2d 186
Cronin v. Lindberg · 360 N.E.2d 360
Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
Meerbrey v. Marshall Field & Co. · 564 N.E.2d 1222
Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State · 655 N.E.2d 661
The People v. Deatherage · 81 N.E.2d 581
McDaniel v. Thomas · 285 S.E.2d 156
People Ex Rel. Tucker v. Kotsos · 368 N.E.2d 903
Idaho Schools for Equal Educational Opportunity v. Evans · 850 P.2d 724
People Ex Rel. Burris v. Ryan · 588 N.E.2d 1033
People ex rel. Huempfner v. Benson · 294 Ill. 236

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