State Supreme Court / Ill.

Geraghty v. Burr Oak Lanes, Inc.

Decided March 22, 1955. Ray Klingbiel wrote the opinion for the court.

125 N.E.2d 47 · Cited 105 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.

Brooks v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 302 Mass. 184
Sims v. Chicago Transit Authority · 122 N.E.2d 221
Acme Markets., Inc. v. Remschel · 181 Va. 171
Pollard v. Broadway Central Hotel Corp. · 187 N.E. 487
Paepcke v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 263 Wis. 290
Martin v. Fox West Coast Theatres Corp. · 41 Cal. App. 2d 925
Ney v. Yellow Cab Co. · 117 N.E.2d 74
Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Oswald · 170 N.E. 247
Pauckner v. Wakem · 231 Ill. 276
Lasko v. Meier · 67 N.E.2d 162
Thomas v. Buchanan · 192 N.E. 215
Ellguth v. Blackstone Hotel, Inc. · 97 N.E.2d 290
Shannon v. Nightingale · 151 N.E. 573
Seeds v. Chicago Transit Authority · 101 N.E.2d 84
O'Rourke v. Marshall Field & Co. · 307 Ill. 197
Stack v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. · 245 Ill. 308
Downing v. Drybrough · 249 S.W.2d 711

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