State Supreme Court / Ill.

Goodrich v. Sprague

Decided February 14, 1941. Clyde Ernest Stone wrote the opinion for the court.

32 N.E.2d 897 · Cited 73 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.

Corcoran v. City of Chicago · 27 N.E.2d 451
Burket v. Reliance Bank and Trust Co. · 7 N.E.2d 850
Sixby v. Chicago City Railway Co. · 260 Ill. 478
People Ex Rel. Farwell v. Kelly · 12 N.E.2d 612
People ex rel. Lydston v. Hoyne · 262 Ill. 82

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BD. OF ED. OF CHICAGO v. Chicago Teachers Union · 326 N.E.2d 158
O'Leary Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Illinois Terminal Railroad · 299 S.W.2d 873
Olson v. Chicago Transit Authority · 115 N.E.2d 301
O'Leary ex rel. O'Leary v. Illinois Terminal Railroad · 288 S.W.2d 393
Nelson v. Union Wire Rope Corp. · 199 N.E.2d 769
People v. Berland · 385 N.E.2d 649
Chandler v. Illinois Central Railroad · 798 N.E.2d 724
First National Bank v. City of Aurora · 373 N.E.2d 1326
Briney v. Illinois Central Railroad · 81 N.E.2d 866
People Ex Rel. Waite v. Bristow · 62 N.E.2d 545
Langston v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 75 N.E.2d 363
Cummings-Landau Laundry MacHinery Co. v. Koplin · 54 N.E.2d 462
Fulford v. O'CONNOR · 121 N.E.2d 767
McGill v. Illinois Power Co. · 163 N.E.2d 454
Roon v. Van Schouwen · 94 N.E.2d 880
Carrel v. N.Y.C.R.R. Co. · 52 N.E.2d 201
Herb v. Pitcairn · 36 N.E.2d 555
Millikin National Bank v. Shellabarger Grain Products Co. · 58 N.E.2d 892
Carrell v. New York Central Railroad · 384 Ill. 599
Gnat v. Richardson · 39 N.E.2d 337
Bradford Supply Co. v. Waite · 64 N.E.2d 491
Lind v. Spannuth · 137 N.E.2d 360

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