Illinois Supreme Court

The most-cited opinions of the Illinois Supreme Court on UpLaw — 4,122 decisions from 1839–2025, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• In Re Parentage of John M. 212 Ill. 2d 253 · cited by 33
• Johnson v. Preston 226 Ill. 447 · cited by 33
• People ex rel. Moloney v. Pullman's Palace Car Co. 64 L.R.A. 366 · cited by 33
• Wabash Railway Co. v. Brown 152 Ill. 484 · cited by 33
• Eylenfeldt v. Illinois Steel Co. 165 Ill. 185 · cited by 33
• Williams v. Forbes 114 Ill. 167 · cited by 33
• City of Chicago v. Hesing 83 Ill. 204 · cited by 33
• Lindsay v. Lindsay 257 Ill. 328 · cited by 33
• Carroll v. City of East St. Louis 67 Ill. 568 · cited by 33
• Knolls Condominium Ass'n v. Harms 202 Ill. 2d 450 · cited by 33
• Lester v. People 150 Ill. 408 · cited by 33
• Bickerdike v. Allen 29 L.R.A. 782 · cited by 33
• Council of Glencoe v. People ex rel. Owen 78 Ill. 382 · cited by 33
• People ex rel. Besse v. Village of Crotty 93 Ill. 180 · cited by 33
• Canel v. Topinka 212 Ill. 2d 311 · cited by 33
• Bowman v. County of Lake 29 Ill. 2d 268 · cited by 33
• Illinois Power Co. v. Mahin 21 Ill. Dec. 144 · cited by 33
• Roselle Police Pension Board v. Village of Roselle 232 Ill. 2d 546 · cited by 33
• People v. Villarreal 152 Ill. 2d 368 · cited by 32
• Mendell v. Kimball 85 Ill. 582 · cited by 32
• Modern Dairy Co. v. Department of Revenue 413 Ill. 55 · cited by 32
• Kettering v. City of Jacksonville 50 Ill. 39 · cited by 32
• People v. Jones 86 Ill. Dec. 453 · cited by 32
• People v. Armour 59 Ill. 2d 102 · cited by 32
• Quincy Coal Co. v. Hood 77 Ill. 68 · cited by 32
• Schwartz v. Cortelloni 177 Ill. 2d 166 · cited by 32
• Elston v. City of Chicago 40 Ill. 514 · cited by 32
• The People v. Robinson 14 Ill. 2d 325 · cited by 32
• The People v. Lobb 17 Ill. 2d 287 · cited by 32
• Diversey v. Smith 103 Ill. 378 · cited by 32
• Wenona Coal Co. v. Holmquist 152 Ill. 581 · cited by 32
• City of Evanston v. Create, Inc. 51 Ill. Dec. 688 · cited by 32
• People v. Downs 69 N.E.3d 784 · cited by 32
• Bullis v. City of Chicago 235 Ill. 472 · cited by 32
• Forthman v. Deters 206 Ill. 159 · cited by 32
• House of Vision, Inc. v. Hiyane 42 Ill. 2d 45 · cited by 32
• Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder 187 Ill. 2d 341 · cited by 32
• The People v. Deatherage 401 Ill. 25 · cited by 32
• In Re Marriage of Freeman 106 Ill. 2d 290 · cited by 32
• Johnson v. People 22 Ill. 314 · cited by 32
• People ex rel. Stead v. Superior Court 234 Ill. 186 · cited by 32
• Rodgers v. St. Mary's Hosp. of Decatur 149 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 32
• Walsh v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners 70 Ill. Dec. 241 · cited by 32
• County of McLean v. City of Bloomington 106 Ill. 209 · cited by 32
• City of Chicago v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. 152 Ill. 561 · cited by 32
• Treleaven v. Dixon 119 Ill. 548 · cited by 32
• Dwelling House Insurance v. Dowdall 159 Ill. 179 · cited by 32
• People v. Anthony P. 179 Ill. 2d 184 · cited by 32
• The People v. Davis 10 Ill. 2d 430 · cited by 32
• Springer v. Kroeschell 161 Ill. 358 · cited by 32
• People v. Cardona 2013 IL 114076 · cited by 32
• Corrigan v. City of Chicago 21 L.R.A. 212 · cited by 32
• People v. Mahaffey 194 Ill. 2d 154 · cited by 32
• People ex rel. Deneen v. Simon 44 L.R.A. 801 · cited by 32
• People v. Lucas 151 Ill. 2d 461 · cited by 32
• Sass v. Kramer 21 Ill. Dec. 528 · cited by 32
• People v. Pecoraro 144 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 32
• North v. Graham 235 Ill. 178 · cited by 32
• Niagara Fire Insurance v. Scammon 100 Ill. 644 · cited by 32
• Harts v. Brown 77 Ill. 226 · cited by 32
• Bulliner v. People 95 Ill. 394 · cited by 32
• May Department Stores Co. v. Teamsters Union Local No. 743 64 Ill. 2d 153 · cited by 32
• Gillespie v. Fulton Oil & Gas Co. 236 Ill. 188 · cited by 32
• People v. Lucente 107 Ill. Dec. 214 · cited by 32
• McCormick v. Burt 95 Ill. 263 · cited by 32
• People Ex Rel. Donovan v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund 326 Ill. 579 · cited by 32
• People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. City of Chicago 414 Ill. 600 · cited by 32
• Ernst Tosetti Brewing Co. v. Koehler 200 Ill. 369 · cited by 32
• O'Hare v. Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad 139 Ill. 151 · cited by 32
• The People v. Boney 28 Ill. 2d 505 · cited by 32
• Booz v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. 250 Ill. 376 · cited by 32
• Potter v. Clapp 203 Ill. 592 · cited by 32
• Coleman v. Howe 154 Ill. 458 · cited by 32
• People v. Krueger 45 Ill. Dec. 186 · cited by 32
• Daniels v. Anderson 162 Ill. 2d 47 · cited by 32
• Village of Chatham v. County of Sangamon 216 Ill. 2d 402 · cited by 32
• Ross v. Irving 14 Ill. 171 · cited by 32
• People v. Close 238 Ill. 2d 497 · cited by 32
• People v. Joyce 246 Ill. 124 · cited by 32
• Wylie v. Bushnell 277 Ill. 484 · cited by 32
• Bickford v. First National Bank 42 Ill. 238 · cited by 32
• Lawrence v. Lawrence 181 Ill. 248 · cited by 32
• Board of Trade v. Dow Jones & Co. 74 Ill. Dec. 582 · cited by 32
• Blake v. People 109 Ill. 504 · cited by 32
• People v. McKown 226 Ill. 2d 245 · cited by 32
• People v. Ogunsola 57 Ill. Dec. 744 · cited by 32
• People v. Williams 149 Ill. 2d 467 · cited by 32
• Clifford-Jacobs Forging Co. v. Industrial Commission 19 Ill. 2d 236 · cited by 32
• People v. Johnson 2017 IL 120310 · cited by 32
• Edgar County Bank & Trust Co. v. Paris Hospital, Inc. 57 Ill. 2d 298 · cited by 32
• People v. Gacy 82 Ill. Dec. 391 · cited by 32
• Hayner v. Smith 63 Ill. 430 · cited by 32
• People v. Ridens 59 Ill. 2d 362 · cited by 32
• Haiselden v. Industrial Board 275 Ill. 114 · cited by 32
• Maxwell v. People 158 Ill. 248 · cited by 32
• Ruff v. Jarrett 94 Ill. 475 · cited by 32
• McDunn v. Williams 156 Ill. 2d 288 · cited by 32
• City of Carrollton v. Bazzette 159 Ill. 284 · cited by 32
• Kelly v. Chicago Park District 409 Ill. 91 · cited by 32
• Norris v. Ile 152 Ill. 190 · cited by 32
• People v. Bombacino 51 Ill. 2d 17 · cited by 32
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hamler 215 Ill. 525 · cited by 32
• Cihak v. Klekr 117 Ill. 643 · cited by 32
• Wickham v. Byrne 199 Ill. 2d 309 · cited by 32
• Ullman v. Wolverine Insurance 48 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 32
• Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Railway Co. v. Troesch 68 Ill. 545 · cited by 32
• Smith v. D.R.G., Inc. 63 Ill. 2d 31 · cited by 32
• People v. Anderson 99 Ill. Dec. 104 · cited by 32
• Lewis E. v. Spagnolo 186 Ill. 2d 198 · cited by 32
• Burgett v. Osborne 172 Ill. 227 · cited by 32
• The People v. Johnson 44 Ill. 2d 463 · cited by 32
• Barclay v. Barclay 51 L.R.A. 351 · cited by 32
• Schwuchow v. City of Chicago 68 Ill. 444 · cited by 32
• People v. Jackson 13 Ill. Dec. 667 · cited by 32
• Moore v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. 75 Ill. Dec. 423 · cited by 32
• People v. Stokes 281 Ill. 159 · cited by 32
• The People v. Johnson 28 Ill. 2d 441 · cited by 32
• American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31 v. County of Cook 145 Ill. 2d 475 · cited by 32
• Smithers v. Henriquez 368 Ill. 588 · cited by 32
• People ex rel. Stevens v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York 26 L.R.A. 295 · cited by 32
• Rigg v. Wilton 13 Ill. 15 · cited by 32
• Rogers v. Trustees of Schools of Township 23 46 Ill. 428 · cited by 32
• Braye v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 175 Ill. 2d 201 · cited by 32
• Knickerbocker Insurance v. Gould 80 Ill. 388 · cited by 32
• People v. Jones 60 Ill. 2d 300 · cited by 32
• Miner v. Gillette Co. 56 Ill. Dec. 886 · cited by 32
• People v. Coleman 158 Ill. 2d 319 · cited by 32
• Kerner v. State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois 21 Ill. Dec. 879 · cited by 32
• Shevalier v. Seager 121 Ill. 564 · cited by 32
• Nicholes v. People ex rel. Kochersperger 165 Ill. 502 · cited by 32
• City of Elgin v. Joslyn 136 Ill. 525 · cited by 32
• In Re Paul 101 Ill. 2d 345 · cited by 32
• The PEOPLE v. Wollenberg 37 Ill. 2d 480 · cited by 32
• Walker v. State Board of Elections 3 Ill. Dec. 703 · cited by 32
• The PEOPLE v. Stewart 45 Ill. 2d 310 · cited by 32
• Blisset v. Blisset 121 Ill. Dec. 931 · cited by 32
• Haller Sign Works v. Physical Culture Training School 249 Ill. 436 · cited by 32
• People v. Ruiz 68 Ill. Dec. 890 · cited by 32
• The People v. Crooks 326 Ill. 266 · cited by 32
• People v. Marino 414 Ill. 445 · cited by 32
• People Ex Rel. Swanson v. Fisher 340 Ill. 250 · cited by 32
• People v. Martin 116 Ill. Dec. 669 · cited by 32
• Luther v. Luther 122 Ill. 558 · cited by 32
• People v. Sutherland 155 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 32
• Moline Tool Co. v. Department of Revenue 410 Ill. 35 · cited by 31
• People v. Munson 206 Ill. 2d 104 · cited by 31
• Johnson v. Humboldt Insurance 91 Ill. 92 · cited by 31
• Summers v. Summers 40 Ill. 2d 338 · cited by 31
• People v. Williams 186 Ill. 2d 55 · cited by 31
• Swift & Co. v. Rutkowski 182 Ill. 18 · cited by 31
• Roda v. Berko 401 Ill. 335 · cited by 31
• McCormick v. Robertson 2015 IL 118230 · cited by 31
• Pyle v. Pyle 158 Ill. 289 · cited by 31
• Bond v. Lockwood 33 Ill. 212 · cited by 31
• People v. Weigley 155 Ill. 491 · cited by 31
• Hofmann v. Hofmann 68 Ill. Dec. 593 · cited by 31
• People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Illinois Commerce Commission 231 Ill. 2d 370 · cited by 31
• Ziraldo v. W. J. Lynch Co. 365 Ill. 197 · cited by 31
• People v. Kokoraleis 132 Ill. 2d 235 · cited by 31
• People v. Kaeding 74 Ill. Dec. 509 · cited by 31
• People v. Urdiales 225 Ill. 2d 354 · cited by 31
• Illinois Steel Co. v. Mann 40 L.R.A. 781 · cited by 31
• O'Leary v. County of Cook 28 Ill. 534 · cited by 31
• People v. Newton 2018 IL 122958 · cited by 31
• Endsley v. Johns 120 Ill. 469 · cited by 31
• The People v. Allen 368 Ill. 368 · cited by 31
• In Re Estate of Longeway 133 Ill. 2d 33 · cited by 31
• People v. Averett 237 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 31
• Relph v. Board of Education of DePue Unit School District No. 103 50 Ill. Dec. 830 · cited by 31
• Roby v. Colehour 135 Ill. 300 · cited by 31
• People v. Rizzo 61 N.E.3d 92 · cited by 31
• Downtown Disposal Services, Inc. v. The City of Chicago 365 Ill. Dec. 684 · cited by 31
• Board of Education v. Blodgett 31 L.R.A. 70 · cited by 31
• Sander v. Dow Chemical Co. 166 Ill. 2d 48 · cited by 31
• Prall v. Burckhartt 299 Ill. 19 · cited by 31
• People v. Kuehner 2015 IL 117695 · cited by 31
• Chickering v. Failes 29 Ill. 294 · cited by 31
• People v. Moss 205 Ill. 2d 139 · cited by 31
• Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Illinois State Board of Elections 161 Ill. 2d 502 · cited by 31
• Armstrong v. Barber 239 Ill. 389 · cited by 31
• People v. Lyles 217 Ill. 2d 210 · cited by 31
• Monson v. Bragdon 159 Ill. 61 · cited by 31
• People v. Hicks 181 Ill. 2d 541 · cited by 31
• Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Martin 111 Ill. 219 · cited by 31
• Swager v. Couri 32 Ill. Dec. 540 · cited by 31
• In Re Austin W. 214 Ill. 2d 31 · cited by 31
• Alvarez v. Pappas 229 Ill. 2d 217 · cited by 31
• Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Industrial Commission 291 Ill. 256 · cited by 31
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Connell 112 Ill. 295 · cited by 31
• In re Estate of Schlenker 209 Ill. 2d 456 · cited by 31
• People v. Wade 107 Ill. Dec. 63 · cited by 31
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. City of Chicago 149 Ill. 457 · cited by 31
• Clemons v. Mechanical Devices Co. 202 Ill. 2d 344 · cited by 31
• Doe v. Dilling 228 Ill. 2d 324 · cited by 31
• People v. Rodney H. 223 Ill. 2d 510 · cited by 31
• Brown v. DeYoung 167 Ill. 549 · cited by 31
• Wincock v. Turpin 96 Ill. 135 · cited by 31
• Marshall v. Coleman 187 Ill. 556 · cited by 31
• Pinkstaff v. Pennsylvania Railroad 31 Ill. 2d 518 · cited by 31
• People v. Townsell 209 Ill. 2d 543 · cited by 31