Smith v. Board of Education of Oswego Community High School District

Decided January 18, 1950. Jessie L. Simpson wrote the opinion for the court.

405 Ill. 143 · Cited 58 times

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• Owens v. Green · 81 N.E.2d 149
• Routt v. Barrett · 71 N.E.2d 660
• Electrical Contractors' Ass'n v. A. S. Schulman Electric Co. · 63 N.E.2d 392
• Hallett v. City of Elgin · 254 Ill. 343
• People ex rel. Goodell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · 286 Ill. 384
• Roth v. Kaptowsky · 82 N.E.2d 661
• People ex rel. Brockamp v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co. · 256 Ill. 488
• Sloan v. School Directors of District No. 22 · 26 N.E.2d 846
• People Ex Rel. Board of Education of Deerfield-Shields Township High School District No. 113 v. Read · 176 N.E. 284
• Chicago Park District v. R. E. Herczel & Co. · 26 N.E.2d 119
• Hartmann v. Pesotum Community Consolidated School District No. 52 · 156 N.E. 283

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