Whitney v. Madden

Decided May 20, 1948. Loren E. Murphy wrote the opinion for the court.

79 N.E.2d 593 · Cited 88 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.

• Paul v. Virginia · 75 U.S. 168
• Broderick v. Rosner · 294 U.S. 629
• McKnett v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. · 292 U.S. 230
• Babcock v. Farwell · 245 Ill. 14
• Edwards v. Schillinger · 245 Ill. 231
• Marallis v. City of Chicago · 182 N.E. 394
• Black Hawk Motor Transit Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 48 N.E.2d 341
• McMahan v. Trautvetter · 305 Ill. 395
• People ex rel. Kessinger v. Burrell · 308 Ill. 600

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