State Supreme Court / Ill.

The People v. Speck

Decided November 22, 1968. William G. Clark wrote the opinion for the court.

242 N.E.2d 208 · Cited 276 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.

City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. 2d 227
State v. Kociolek · 129 A.2d 417
State v. Forcella · 245 A.2d 181
State v. Mathis · 245 A.2d 20
State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Raskin · 34 Wis. 2d 607
Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad · 229 N.E.2d 504
The People v. Bernette · 197 N.E.2d 436
People v. Jennings · 252 Ill. 534
The People v. Myers · 220 N.E.2d 297
The People v. Gardner · 221 N.E.2d 232
The People v. Dukes · 146 N.E.2d 14
The People v. Kolep · 193 N.E.2d 753
The People v. Ryan · 197 N.E.2d 15
The People v. Ford · 235 N.E.2d 576
City of Chicago v. Harrison-Halsted Building Corp. · 143 N.E.2d 40
The PEOPLE v. Nelson · 238 N.E.2d 378
The PEOPLE v. McGee · 173 N.E.2d 434
The PEOPLE v. Woods · 188 N.E.2d 1
People v. Lamphear · 128 N.E.2d 892
The PEOPLE v. Setzke · 177 N.E.2d 168
The PEOPLE v. Berry · 226 N.E.2d 591
Brown v. the People · 134 N.E.2d 760
The People v. Scheck · 190 N.E. 108
The People v. Botulinski · 64 N.E.2d 486
Howard v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank · 189 Ill. 568

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