People Ex Rel. County of Du Page v. Smith

Decided March 29, 1961. George Washington Bristow wrote the opinion for the court.

173 N.E.2d 485 · Cited 83 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.

• People Ex Rel. Adamowski v. Public Building Commission · 142 N.E.2d 67
• Du Bois v. Gibbons · 118 N.E.2d 295
• Zehender & Factor, Inc. v. Murphy · 53 N.E.2d 944
• People Ex Rel. Nelson v. West Englewood Trust & Savings Bank · 187 N.E. 525
• People Ex Rel. Curren v. Schommer · 63 N.E.2d 744
• Stapleton v. Pinckney · 57 N.E.2d 38
• Alexander v. City of Chicago · 151 N.E.2d 319
• The People v. Chi. Transit Authority · 64 N.E.2d 4
• City of Elmhurst v. Buettgen · 68 N.E.2d 278
• Gaca v. City of Chicago · 103 N.E.2d 617
• Consumers Co. v. City of Chicago · 313 Ill. 408
• Illinois Power Co. v. City of Jacksonville · 18 Ill. 2d 618
• Baltis v. Village of Westchester · 121 N.E.2d 495
• Strub v. Village of Deerfield · 19 Ill. 2d 401
• Vissering Mercantile Co. v. Annunzio · 115 N.E.2d 306
• Lehman v. Hill · 111 N.E.2d 120
• Hunt v. County of Cook · 76 N.E.2d 48
• Rockford Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Rockford · 185 N.E. 623
• Patteson v. City of Peoria · 54 N.E.2d 445
• City of Elmhurst v. Rohmeyer · 297 Ill. 430
• Drexel v. Town of Lake · 127 Ill. 54
• Gill v. Boston Store of Chicago, Inc. · 168 N.E. 895
• Village of Kincaid v. Vecchi · 164 N.E. 199

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• Com'rs of Hwys. of Towns of Annawan v. United States · 466 F. Supp. 745
• Wright v. Central Du Page Hospital Ass'n · 347 N.E.2d 736
• Davis v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · 336 N.E.2d 881
• People Ex Rel. Vermilion County Conservation District v. Lenover · 251 N.E.2d 175
• Begich v. Industrial Commission · 245 N.E.2d 457
• Willard v. Northwest National Bank · 137 Ill. App. 3d 255
• Vanthournout v. Burge · 387 N.E.2d 341
• Village of Cahokia v. Wright · 296 N.E.2d 30
• City of Geneva v. Du Page Airport Authority · 550 N.E.2d 261
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• Village of Chatham v. County of Sangamon · 837 N.E.2d 29
• Nevitt v. Langfelder · 623 N.E.2d 281
• Bridgewater v. Hotz · 281 N.E.2d 317
• Grace v. Howlett · 283 N.E.2d 474
• Illinois Coal Operators Ass'n v. Pollution Control Board · 319 N.E.2d 782
• City of Carbondale v. Van Natta · 338 N.E.2d 19
• King v. Johnson · 265 N.E.2d 874
• Garcia v. Tully · 377 N.E.2d 10
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• People v. Valdez · 402 N.E.2d 187

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