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.

• Kirkland v. Cox 94 Ill. 400 · cited by 31
• Higbie v. Rust 211 Ill. 333 · cited by 31
• Wilkie v. City of Chicago 188 Ill. 444 · cited by 31
• Foster v. City of Chicago 197 Ill. 264 · cited by 31
• Hamilton v. Lubukee 51 Ill. 415 · cited by 31
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Chicago, Vermilion & Wilmington Coal Co. 79 Ill. 121 · cited by 31
• Galena & Chicago Union Railroad v. Loomis 13 Ill. 548 · cited by 31
• City of Chicago v. Hasley 25 Ill. 595 · cited by 31
• Pedople v. Pittman 66 Ill. Dec. 275 · cited by 31
• In re Swigert 119 Ill. 83 · cited by 31
• Erford v. City of Peoria 229 Ill. 546 · cited by 31
• Feldman v. Chicago Railways Co. 289 Ill. 25 · cited by 31
• People v. Williams 192 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 31
• People v. Digirolamo 179 Ill. 2d 24 · cited by 31
• The People v. Fiorita 339 Ill. 78 · cited by 31
• In Re Estate of Brooks 32 Ill. 2d 361 · cited by 31
• People Ex Rel. Stamos v. Jones 40 Ill. 2d 62 · cited by 31
• Bay v. Williams 112 Ill. 91 · cited by 31
• Jacobson v. Department of Public Aid 171 Ill. 2d 314 · cited by 31
• Cross v. Wells Fargo Alarm Services 45 Ill. Dec. 121 · cited by 31
• City of Chicago v. Morales 177 Ill. 2d 440 · cited by 31
• Henry v. People 198 Ill. 162 · cited by 31
• Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Wieczorek 151 Ill. 579 · cited by 31
• People ex rel. Weber v. City of Spring Valley 129 Ill. 169 · cited by 31
• Buzz Barton & Associates, Inc. v. Giannone 91 Ill. Dec. 636 · cited by 31
• Curatola v. Village of Niles 154 Ill. 2d 201 · cited by 31
• Dolan v. Galluzzo 32 Ill. Dec. 900 · cited by 31
• Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co. v. Commercial National Bank 59 L.R.A. 657 · cited by 31
• Frazer v. A. F. Munsterman, Inc. 123 Ill. 2d 245 · cited by 31
• People v. Hobbs 297 Ill. 399 · cited by 31
• Hupp v. Gray 22 Ill. Dec. 513 · cited by 31
• Phelps v. Phelps 72 Ill. 545 · cited by 31
• People v. Smith 66 Ill. Dec. 412 · cited by 31
• People v. Illinois Toll Highway Commission 3 Ill. 2d 218 · cited by 31
• Adkins v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center 129 Ill. 2d 497 · cited by 31
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Gunderson 174 Ill. 495 · cited by 31
• Brokaw v. Commissioners of Highways 6 L.R.A. 161 · cited by 31
• Beach v. Wilton 244 Ill. 413 · cited by 31
• Hickey v. Illinois Central Railroad 35 Ill. 2d 427 · cited by 31
• Beacham v. Walker 231 Ill. 2d 51 · cited by 31
• North Chicago Electric Railway Co. v. Peuser 190 Ill. 67 · cited by 31
• People v. Wagner 60 Ill. Dec. 470 · cited by 31
• People v. MacRi 185 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 31
• Adams v. Brenan 42 L.R.A. 718 · cited by 31
• People v. Lashawn F. 208 Ill. 2d 223 · cited by 31
• McClure v. Hoopeston Gas & Electric Co. 303 Ill. 89 · cited by 31
• People v. Fernandez 2014 IL 115527 · cited by 31
• Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Aldridge 179 Ill. 2d 141 · cited by 31
• Mayfield v. Moore 53 Ill. 428 · cited by 31
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Watson 105 Ill. 217 · cited by 31
• People Ex Rel. Daley v. Fitzgerald 121 Ill. Dec. 937 · cited by 31
• West Chicago Street Railroad v. Carr 170 Ill. 478 · cited by 31
• Chicago Investment Corp. v. Dolins 89 Ill. Dec. 869 · cited by 31
• Tuller v. Talbot 23 Ill. 357 · cited by 31
• Stott v. City of Chicago 205 Ill. 281 · cited by 31
• Jilek v. Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co. 382 Ill. 241 · cited by 31
• Frost v. People 193 Ill. 635 · cited by 31
• Hartney Fuel Oil Company v. Hamer 2013 IL 115130 · cited by 31
• Murphy-Hylton v. Lieberman Management Services, Inc. 2016 IL 120394 · cited by 31
• Commercial Insurance v. Spankneble 52 Ill. 53 · cited by 31
• Snover v. McGraw 172 Ill. 2d 438 · cited by 31
• Boarad of Trustees v. City of Chicago 14 Ill. 334 · cited by 31
• Zachmann v. Zachmann 201 Ill. 380 · cited by 31
• White v. People ex rel. City of Bloomington 94 Ill. 604 · cited by 31
• Galowich v. Beech Aircraft Corp. 65 Ill. Dec. 405 · cited by 31
• Morrison v. Flowers 308 Ill. 189 · cited by 31
• In re Bates 118 Ill. 524 · cited by 31
• Hall v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. 5 Ill. 2d 135 · cited by 31
• Keuper v. Unknown Heirs of Mette 239 Ill. 586 · cited by 31
• Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. IlliNois Commerce Commission 414 Ill. 275 · cited by 31
• The People v. Green 368 Ill. 242 · cited by 31
• Pocahontas Mining Co. v. Industrial Commission 301 Ill. 462 · cited by 31
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Jackson 55 Ill. 492 · cited by 31
• Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n v. Kentner 188 Ill. 431 · cited by 31
• Hahnemann Hospital v. Industrial Board 282 Ill. 316 · cited by 31
• Jespersen v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. 183 Ill. 2d 290 · cited by 31
• People v. E.R.H. Enterprises 2013 IL 115106 · cited by 31
• Morgan v. Smith 11 Ill. 194 · cited by 31
• Payson v. People ex rel. Parsons 175 Ill. 267 · cited by 31
• Washingtonian Home v. City of Chicago 29 L.R.A. 798 · cited by 31
• Woodward v. Seely 11 Ill. 157 · cited by 31
• Illinois Merchants Trust Co. v. Harvey 335 Ill. 284 · cited by 31
• Monahan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 283 Ill. 136 · cited by 31
• Western Stone Co. v. Muscial 196 Ill. 382 · cited by 31
• People v. Peter 55 Ill. 2d 443 · cited by 31
• Chicago & Iowa Railroad v. Russell 91 Ill. 298 · cited by 31
• Hurd v. Goodrich 59 Ill. 450 · cited by 31
• Peile v. Skelgas, Inc. 163 Ill. 2d 323 · cited by 31
• People v. Romero 5 Ill. Dec. 817 · cited by 31
• People v. Hardman 104 N.E.3d 372 · cited by 31
• The PEOPLE v. Canaday 49 Ill. 2d 416 · cited by 31
• Wetherell v. O'Brien 140 Ill. 146 · cited by 31
• Schwartz v. Schwartz 366 Ill. 247 · cited by 31
• Aleckson v. Village of Round Lake Park 176 Ill. 2d 82 · cited by 31
• Schiro v. W. E. Gould & Co. 18 Ill. 2d 538 · cited by 31
• Lockett v. Chicago Police Board 133 Ill. 2d 349 · cited by 31
• Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co. 137 Ill. 2d 222 · cited by 31
• Haas v. Chicago Building Society 89 Ill. 498 · cited by 31
• The PEOPLE v. Abrams 48 Ill. 2d 446 · cited by 31
• Lasko v. Meier 394 Ill. 71 · cited by 31
• Groome v. Freyn Engineering Co. 374 Ill. 113 · cited by 31
• People v. Easley 148 Ill. 2d 281 · cited by 31
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Mosele 10 Ill. Dec. 602 · cited by 31
• Hart v. Washington Park Club 29 L.R.A. 492 · cited by 31
• People v. Cobb 74 Ill. Dec. 1 · cited by 31
• Schwartz v. Saunders 46 Ill. 18 · cited by 31
• Coryell v. Klehm 157 Ill. 462 · cited by 31
• Armstrong v. Obucino 300 Ill. 140 · cited by 31
• People Ex Rel. Gibson v. Cannon 2 Ill. Dec. 737 · cited by 31
• Elmore v. Johnson 21 L.R.A. 366 · cited by 31
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Lawlor 229 Ill. 621 · cited by 31
• Dacey v. People 116 Ill. 555 · cited by 31
• People v. Holloway 55 Ill. Dec. 546 · cited by 31
• Cotton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 14 Ill. 2d 144 · cited by 31
• Perry v. McHenry 13 Ill. 227 · cited by 31
• Smith v. Smith 334 Ill. 370 · cited by 31
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. McMahon 103 Ill. 485 · cited by 30
• People v. Brown 102 N.E.3d 205 · cited by 30
• People v. Trinkle 12 Ill. Dec. 181 · cited by 30
• Gillett v. Chicago Title & Trust Co. 230 Ill. 373 · cited by 30
• Polyvend, Inc. v. Puckorius 32 Ill. Dec. 872 · cited by 30
• People v. Strain 194 Ill. 2d 467 · cited by 30
• People v. Vargas 174 Ill. 2d 355 · cited by 30
• McDonnell v. McPartlin 192 Ill. 2d 505 · cited by 30
• People v. Hoffer 88 Ill. Dec. 20 · cited by 30
• Alschuler v. Schiff 164 Ill. 298 · cited by 30
• Tyler v. Tyler 19 Ill. 151 · cited by 30
• The People v. City of Chicago 349 Ill. 304 · cited by 30
• People v. Madej 177 Ill. 2d 116 · cited by 30
• People v. Taylor 221 Ill. 2d 157 · cited by 30
• McFall v. Kirkpatrick 236 Ill. 281 · cited by 30
• Schroeder v. Walsh 120 Ill. 403 · cited by 30
• Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad v. Hartley 67 Ill. 439 · cited by 30
• Constant v. Matteson 22 Ill. 546 · cited by 30
• People v. Witte 315 Ill. 282 · cited by 30
• Roumbos v. City of Chicago 332 Ill. 70 · cited by 30
• Livingston v. Ogilvie 43 Ill. 2d 9 · cited by 30
• City of Chicago v. Lehmann 262 Ill. 468 · cited by 30
• Welty v. Jacobs 40 L.R.A. 98 · cited by 30
• Fowler v. Black 11 L.R.A. 670 · cited by 30
• People v. Bradford 88 Ill. Dec. 615 · cited by 30
• Bruner v. Hicks 230 Ill. 536 · cited by 30
• Dyback v. Weber 102 Ill. Dec. 386 · cited by 30
• Vulcan Materials Co. v. Bee Construction 70 Ill. Dec. 465 · cited by 30
• People v. Rizzo 2016 IL 118599 · cited by 30
• The People v. Fisher 340 Ill. 216 · cited by 30
• County of Cook v. Harms 108 Ill. 151 · cited by 30
• City of Chicago v. Reeves 220 Ill. 274 · cited by 30
• People v. Scott 12 Ill. Dec. 736 · cited by 30
• People Ex Rel. Compagnie Nationale Air France v. Giliberto 23 Ill. Dec. 106 · cited by 30
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Uhter 212 Ill. 174 · cited by 30
• Welsch v. Belleville Savings Bank 94 Ill. 191 · cited by 30
• Bates v. Gillett 132 Ill. 287 · cited by 30
• Chase v. Cheney 58 Ill. 509 · cited by 30
• The People v. Small 319 Ill. 437 · cited by 30
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. v. Town of Lake 71 Ill. 333 · cited by 30
• Zurich American Insurance Co. v. Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. 248 N.E.3d 1072 · cited by 30
• Zeinfeld v. Hayes Freight Lines, Inc. 41 Ill. 2d 345 · cited by 30
• Lerette v. Director General of Railroads 306 Ill. 348 · cited by 30
• Petterson v. City of Naperville 9 Ill. 2d 233 · cited by 30
• People v. Kokoraleis 159 Ill. 2d 325 · cited by 30
• The People v. Hill 39 Ill. 2d 125 · cited by 30
• West Chicago Park Commissioners v. City of Chicago 152 Ill. 392 · cited by 30
• Lehndorf v. Cope 122 Ill. 317 · cited by 30
• People v. LeFlore 2015 IL 116799 · cited by 30
• People v. Ward 187 Ill. 2d 249 · cited by 30
• People v. Hall 102 Ill. Dec. 322 · cited by 30
• R. W. Sawant & Co. v. Allied Programs Corp. 95 Ill. Dec. 496 · cited by 30
• Reidelberger v. Highland Body Shop, Inc. 48 Ill. Dec. 237 · cited by 30
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Halsey 133 Ill. 248 · cited by 30
• Misch v. Russell 12 L.R.A. 125 · cited by 30
• People v. Deems 43 Ill. Dec. 8 · cited by 30
• Kerr v. Hitt 75 Ill. 51 · cited by 30
• Menke v. Country Mutual Insurance Co. 36 Ill. Dec. 698 · cited by 30
• The People v. Touhy 361 Ill. 332 · cited by 30
• Chicago Motor Club v. Kinney 329 Ill. 120 · cited by 30
• Sanders v. Merchants State Bank 349 Ill. 547 · cited by 30
• Joseph Davis, Cory & Co. v. Chicago Dock Co. 129 Ill. 180 · cited by 30
• Commonwealth Electric Co. v. Rose 214 Ill. 545 · cited by 30
• Union National Bank v. Goetz 138 Ill. 127 · cited by 30
• People v. Beachem 229 Ill. 2d 237 · cited by 30
• People v. Felella 131 Ill. 2d 525 · cited by 30
• People v. Steele 231 Ill. 340 · cited by 30
• Cherin v. R. & C. COMPANY 11 Ill. 2d 447 · cited by 30
• People v. James 113 Ill. Dec. 86 · cited by 30
• Wilkinson v. People 226 Ill. 135 · cited by 30
• The People v. Caldwell 39 Ill. 2d 346 · cited by 30
• Dunham v. Dunham 35 L.R.A. 70 · cited by 30
• Love v. People 32 L.R.A. 139 · cited by 30
• The PEOPLE v. Stansberry 47 Ill. 2d 541 · cited by 30
• Spiegler v. City of Chicago 216 Ill. 114 · cited by 30
• Jeneary v. Chicago & Interurban Traction Co. 306 Ill. 392 · cited by 30
• People v. Williams 164 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 30
• Illinois Land & Loan Co. v. Bonner 75 Ill. 315 · cited by 30
• Webster v. Fleming 178 Ill. 140 · cited by 30
• People v. Smithers 47 Ill. Dec. 322 · cited by 30
• Streams Sports Club, Ltd. v. Richmond 75 Ill. Dec. 667 · cited by 30
• People v. Buckminster 274 Ill. 435 · cited by 30
• Board of Directors of Chicago Theo. Seminary v. People ex rel. Raymond 189 Ill. 439 · cited by 30
• Smith v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago 33 Ill. Dec. 135 · cited by 30