Merlo v. Public Service Co.

Decided November 17, 1942. June C. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

45 N.E.2d 665 · Cited 369 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.

• Shannon v. Nightingale · 151 N.E. 573
• Goodrich v. Sprague · 32 N.E.2d 897
• Scott v. Freeport Motor Casualty Co. · 39 N.E.2d 999
• Nelson v. Stutz Chicago Factory Branch, Inc. · 173 N.E. 394
• Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Oswald · 170 N.E. 247
• Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co. · 241 Ill. 252
• Briske v. Village of Burnham · 39 N.E.2d 976
• Densby v. Bartlett · 149 N.E. 591
• Walaite v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 33 N.E.2d 119
• Forest Preserve District of Cook County v. Industrial Commission · 192 N.E. 342
• Rowe v. Taylorville Electric Co. · 213 Ill. 318
• Perlman v. Thomas Paper Stock Co. · 37 N.E.2d 815
• Shilvock v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund · 30 N.E.2d 633
• Gnat v. Richardson · 39 N.E.2d 337
• Navratel v. Curtis Door & Sash Co. · 290 Ill. 526
• Thiel v. Material Service Corp. · 5 N.E.2d 88
• Cuneo v. City of Chicago · 24 N.E.2d 569
• Hallberg v. Goldblatt Bros. · 1 N.E.2d 220
• Tarallo v. L. W. Hubbell Fertilizer Co. · 281 Ill. 286
• Stevenson v. Earling · 290 Ill. 565
• Cornell v. Board of Education for High School District No. 99 · 8 N.E.2d 654

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• Hills v. Bridgeview Little League Ass'n · 745 N.E.2d 1166
• Young v. Bryco Arms · 821 N.E.2d 1078
• Petrovich v. Share Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. · 719 N.E.2d 756
• North Coast Air Services, Ltd. v. Grumman Corp. · 759 P.2d 405
• Janowiak v. Tiesi · 402 Ill. App. 3d 997
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