State Court of Appeals / Ill. App. Ct.

Lawson v. City of Chicago

Decided March 22, 1996. Joseph Gordon wrote the opinion for the court.

662 N.E.2d 1377 · Cited 98 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.

Thames v. Board of Educ. of Chicago · 645 N.E.2d 445
Burdinie v. Village of Glendale Heights · 139 Ill. 2d 501
Calloway v. Kinkelaar · 659 N.E.2d 1322
Doe v. Calumet City · 641 N.E.2d 498
Pippin v. Chicago Housing Authority · 399 N.E.2d 596
Cross v. Wells Fargo Alarm Services · 412 N.E.2d 472
Hill v. Chicago Housing Authority · 599 N.E.2d 1118
Huey v. the Town of Cicero · 243 N.E.2d 214
Leone v. City of Chicago · 619 N.E.2d 119
Popp v. Cash Station, Inc. · 613 N.E.2d 1150
Pippin v. Chicago Housing Authority · 374 N.E.2d 1055
Kedzie and 103rd Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Hodge · 619 N.E.2d 732
Illinois Graphics Co. v. Nickum · 639 N.E.2d 1282
Rowe v. State Bank of Lombard · 531 N.E.2d 1358
Ziemba v. Mierzwa · 566 N.E.2d 1365
Phillips v. Chicago Housing Authority · 431 N.E.2d 1038
Ochoa v. Maloney · 387 N.E.2d 852
Spillyards v. Abboud · 662 N.E.2d 1358

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