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.

• The PEOPLE v. Smith 37 Ill. 2d 622 · cited by 30
• Smith v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad 105 Ill. 511 · cited by 30
• Bowie v. Evanston Community Consolidated School District No. 65 128 Ill. 2d 373 · cited by 30
• M.F.A. Mutual Insurance v. Cheek 6 Ill. Dec. 862 · cited by 30
• East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. O'Hara 150 Ill. 580 · cited by 30
• Brummett v. Wepfer Marine, Inc. 95 Ill. Dec. 841 · cited by 30
• People v. Wolgemuth 13 Ill. Dec. 40 · cited by 30
• Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co. v. Wilson 217 Ill. 47 · cited by 30
• City of Chicago v. Larned 34 Ill. 203 · cited by 30
• Paul v. Gerald Adelman & Associates, Ltd. 223 Ill. 2d 85 · cited by 30
• People v. Carpenter 228 Ill. 2d 250 · cited by 30
• People Ex Rel. Scott v. Briceland 3 Ill. Dec. 739 · cited by 30
• Redmond v. Socha 216 Ill. 2d 622 · cited by 30
• Timberlake v. Illini Hospital 175 Ill. 2d 159 · cited by 30
• People v. Karen J. T. 142 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 30
• Peterson v. Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Pension Fund 54 Ill. 2d 260 · cited by 30
• Stevens v. Pratt 101 Ill. 206 · cited by 30
• People v. Lowe 153 Ill. 2d 195 · cited by 30
• Owen v. Carr 100 Ill. Dec. 783 · cited by 30
• Smithberg v. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 192 Ill. 2d 291 · cited by 30
• People v. Fort 2017 IL 118966 · cited by 30
• People v. Huddleston 212 Ill. 2d 107 · cited by 30
• People v. Meyerowitz 61 Ill. 2d 200 · cited by 30
• Tully v. Edgar 171 Ill. 2d 297 · cited by 30
• Cothran v. Ellis 125 Ill. 496 · cited by 30
• Household Bank, FSB v. Lewis 229 Ill. 2d 173 · cited by 30
• Clemons v. Mechanical Devices Co. 184 Ill. 2d 328 · cited by 30
• City of Belleville v. Citizens' Horse Railway Co. 152 Ill. 171 · cited by 30
• Scofield v. Tompkins 95 Ill. 190 · cited by 30
• People v. Burgess 176 Ill. 2d 289 · cited by 30
• Henderson v. Connelly 123 Ill. 98 · cited by 30
• People v. One 1998 GMC 355 Ill. Dec. 900 · cited by 30
• People v. Crowell 53 Ill. 2d 447 · cited by 30
• Bettis v. Marsaglia 2014 IL 117050 · cited by 30
• Widlowski v. Durkee Foods 138 Ill. 2d 369 · cited by 30
• People v. Boclair 129 Ill. 2d 458 · cited by 30
• Wojdyla v. City of Park Ridge 148 Ill. 2d 417 · cited by 30
• Raines v. Board of Trustees Pen. Fund 365 Ill. 610 · cited by 30
• People v. Hillenbrand 118 Ill. Dec. 423 · cited by 30
• People v. Schmalz 194 Ill. 2d 75 · cited by 30
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Chapman 8 L.R.A. 508 · cited by 30
• Orlak v. Loyola University Health System 228 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 30
• Riverside Co. v. Townshend 120 Ill. 9 · cited by 30
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. Brown 123 Ill. 162 · cited by 30
• People v. Johnson 208 Ill. 2d 118 · cited by 30
• Bergman v. Rhodes 334 Ill. 137 · cited by 30
• Miller v. Cook 10 L.R.A. 292 · cited by 30
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Kneirim 152 Ill. 458 · cited by 30
• Stewart v. Industrial Commission 105 Ill. Dec. 215 · cited by 30
• People v. Carter 2015 IL 117709 · cited by 30
• Moore v. Green 219 Ill. 2d 470 · cited by 30
• Waughop v. Bartlett 165 Ill. 124 · cited by 30
• City of Chicago v. Barbian 80 Ill. 482 · cited by 30
• Campbell v. People 159 Ill. 9 · cited by 30
• City of Chicago v. Tribune Co. 307 Ill. 595 · cited by 30
• Hazelton Boiler Co. v. Hazelton Tripod Boiler Co. 142 Ill. 494 · cited by 30
• Sellers v. Greer 40 L.R.A. 589 · cited by 30
• Gerke v. Fancher 158 Ill. 375 · cited by 30
• Ring v. Lawless 190 Ill. 520 · cited by 30
• Winn v. Blackman 229 Ill. 198 · cited by 30
• Hagney v. Lopeman 147 Ill. 2d 458 · cited by 30
• Funk v. Eggleston 92 Ill. 515 · cited by 30
• Fantozzi v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners 27 Ill. 2d 357 · cited by 30
• People v. Johnson 206 Ill. 2d 348 · cited by 30
• Prince v. City of Quincy 105 Ill. 138 · cited by 30
• Hamer v. Lentz 132 Ill. 2d 49 · cited by 30
• Royal Neighbors of America v. Boman 177 Ill. 27 · cited by 30
• Chapman v. North American Life Insurance 292 Ill. 179 · cited by 30
• Bergen v. People 17 Ill. 426 · cited by 30
• Balestri v. Terminal Freight Cooperative Ass'n 31 Ill. Dec. 189 · cited by 30
• Ditch v. Sennott 116 Ill. 288 · cited by 30
• Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Services of Illinois, Inc. v. Clayton 86 Ill. Dec. 322 · cited by 30
• People v. Guest 104 Ill. Dec. 698 · cited by 30
• Neagle v. McMullen 334 Ill. 168 · cited by 30
• People v. Nunn 32 Ill. Dec. 914 · cited by 30
• Witherell v. Weimer 113 Ill. Dec. 259 · cited by 30
• Hudson v. Green Hill Seminary Corp. 113 Ill. 618 · cited by 30
• Vigus v. O'Bannon 118 Ill. 334 · cited by 30
• Clark v. Thompson 47 Ill. 25 · cited by 30
• People v. Huckstead 65 Ill. Dec. 232 · cited by 30
• The People v. Birger 329 Ill. 352 · cited by 30
• Dow v. Blake 148 Ill. 76 · cited by 30
• People v. Emerson 189 Ill. 2d 436 · cited by 30
• Gibson v. Brown 214 Ill. 330 · cited by 30
• People v. Robinson 62 Ill. 2d 273 · cited by 30
• Chicago Union Traction Co. v. Mee 218 Ill. 9 · cited by 30
• The People v. Saiken 49 Ill. 2d 504 · cited by 30
• People v. Reid 179 Ill. 2d 297 · cited by 30
• Cochran v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. 2017 Ill. LEXIS 665 · cited by 30
• Goelz v. Goelz 157 Ill. 33 · cited by 30
• People v. Johnson 450 Ill. Dec. 916 · cited by 30
• People v. Pugh 157 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 30
• Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co. v. Stickney 150 Ill. 362 · cited by 30
• People v. Belk 203 Ill. 2d 187 · cited by 30
• Bennett v. Union Central Life Insurance 203 Ill. 439 · cited by 30
• Wabash Railroad v. Jones 163 Ill. 167 · cited by 30
• Scammon v. City of Chicago 40 Ill. 146 · cited by 30
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Perkins 125 Ill. 127 · cited by 29
• People v. Del Vecchio 129 Ill. 2d 265 · cited by 29
• Chandler v. Illinois Central Railroad 207 Ill. 2d 331 · cited by 29
• Johnston v. City of East Moline 405 Ill. 460 · cited by 29
• Bauer v. Sawyer 8 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 29
• Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. Whitehill 25 Ill. 466 · cited by 29
• People v. Northern Trust Co. 289 Ill. 475 · cited by 29
• Drury v. County of McLean 60 Ill. Dec. 624 · cited by 29
• Mayes v. People 106 Ill. 306 · cited by 29
• Harms v. Sprague 85 Ill. Dec. 331 · cited by 29
• People v. United Medical Service, Inc. 362 Ill. 442 · cited by 29
• Fawcett, Isham & Co. v. Osborn, Adams & Co. 32 Ill. 411 · cited by 29
• Hirschman v. People 101 Ill. 568 · cited by 29
• People v. Gooden 189 Ill. 2d 209 · cited by 29
• People v. Love 177 Ill. 2d 550 · cited by 29
• Webster v. French 11 Ill. 254 · cited by 29
• Royal Circle v. Achterrath 63 L.R.A. 452 · cited by 29
• Stone v. Kellogg 165 Ill. 192 · cited by 29
• County of Perry v. County of Jefferson 94 Ill. 214 · cited by 29
• The People v. McCormick 327 Ill. 547 · cited by 29
• People ex rel. Hoyne v. McCormick 261 Ill. 413 · cited by 29
• People v. Miller 38 Ill. Dec. 775 · cited by 29
• Star Brewery Co. v. Primas 163 Ill. 652 · cited by 29
• Lee v. Town of Mound Station 118 Ill. 304 · cited by 29
• Zanone v. Mound City 103 Ill. 552 · cited by 29
• Illinois Central Railroad v. People 143 Ill. 434 · cited by 29
• Stahl v. Stahl 68 L.R.A. 617 · cited by 29
• Johnson v. People 83 Ill. 431 · cited by 29
• People v. McGowan 12 Ill. Dec. 733 · cited by 29
• In re Marriage of Rodriguez 131 Ill. 2d 273 · cited by 29
• People Ex Rel. County of Du Page v. Smith 21 Ill. 2d 572 · cited by 29
• Smith v. Waukegan Park District 231 Ill. 2d 111 · cited by 29
• The PEOPLE v. Spicer 47 Ill. 2d 114 · cited by 29
• Scachitti v. UBS Financial Services 215 Ill. 2d 484 · cited by 29
• Armour v. Brazeau 191 Ill. 117 · cited by 29
• Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. Donovan 145 Ill. 2d 166 · cited by 29
• People v. Payne 74 Ill. Dec. 542 · cited by 29
• Town & Country Utilities, Inc. v. Illinois Pollution Control Board 225 Ill. 2d 103 · cited by 29
• People v. Seelye 146 Ill. 189 · cited by 29
• Davison v. People 90 Ill. 221 · cited by 29
• Hunter v. Troup 315 Ill. 293 · cited by 29
• Bouton v. Dement 123 Ill. 142 · cited by 29
• Wiggins v. City of Chicago 68 Ill. 372 · cited by 29
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Margaret House 172 Ill. 601 · cited by 29
• Metheny v. Bohn 164 Ill. 495 · cited by 29
• Rexroad v. City of Springfield 207 Ill. 2d 33 · cited by 29
• St. Louis & Cairo Railroad v. Postal Telegraph Co. 173 Ill. 508 · cited by 29
• Van Buskirk v. Van Buskirk 148 Ill. 9 · cited by 29
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad 112 Ill. 589 · cited by 29
• Freydendall v. Baldwin 103 Ill. 325 · cited by 29
• Comrs. of Mason v. Griffin 134 Ill. 330 · cited by 29
• Bruder v. Country Mutual Insurance 156 Ill. 2d 179 · cited by 29
• The People v. Bak 45 Ill. 2d 140 · cited by 29
• People Ex Rel. Resnik v. Curtis & Davis, Architects & Planners, Inc. 36 Ill. Dec. 338 · cited by 29
• Hunt v. Chicago Horse & Dummy Railway Co. 121 Ill. 638 · cited by 29
• Tenney v. Foote 95 Ill. 99 · cited by 29
• The PEOPLE v. Mason 28 Ill. 2d 396 · cited by 29
• Eclectic Life Insurance v. Fahrenkrug 68 Ill. 463 · cited by 29
• Carroll v. Caldwell 12 Ill. 2d 487 · cited by 29
• Collins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 232 Ill. 37 · cited by 29
• Mulligan v. Joliet Regional Port District 123 Ill. Dec. 489 · cited by 29
• Meeker v. Meeker 75 Ill. 260 · cited by 29
• Dixmoor Golf Club Inc. v. Evans 325 Ill. 612 · cited by 29
• Goldsborough v. Gable 140 Ill. 269 · cited by 29
• Duncan v. Dazey 318 Ill. 500 · cited by 29
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Schmitz 211 Ill. 446 · cited by 29
• Tully v. State 143 Ill. 2d 425 · cited by 29
• People v. Austin 133 Ill. 2d 118 · cited by 29
• People v. Jamison 181 Ill. 2d 24 · cited by 29
• Wyness v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 131 Ill. 2d 403 · cited by 29
• Wald v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. Co. 35 L.R.A. 356 · cited by 29
• Kuehner v. City of Freeport 17 L.R.A. 774 · cited by 29
• Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 217 Ill. 2d 158 · cited by 29
• Kelly v. People 115 Ill. 583 · cited by 29
• Chicago Portrait Co. v. Chicago Crayon Co. 217 Ill. 200 · cited by 29
• Vaughn v. City of West Frankfort 166 Ill. 2d 155 · cited by 29
• Powell v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York 313 Ill. 161 · cited by 29
• Reichwald v. Commercial Hotel Co. 106 Ill. 439 · cited by 29
• Spalding v. People 172 Ill. 40 · cited by 29
• People v. Smith 69 Ill. Dec. 374 · cited by 29
• People v. Brown 56 Ill. Dec. 4 · cited by 29
• Wahle v. Reinbach 76 Ill. 322 · cited by 29
• Ward v. Durham 134 Ill. 195 · cited by 29
• Bushnell v. Consolidated Ice Machine Co. 138 Ill. 67 · cited by 29
• Bell v. Farwell 42 L.R.A. 804 · cited by 29
• Village of Glencoe v. Hurford 317 Ill. 203 · cited by 29
• Greenwald v. B. O. R. R. Co. 332 Ill. 627 · cited by 29
• People v. Klepper 234 Ill. 2d 337 · cited by 29
• Shaw v. Lorenz 42 Ill. 2d 246 · cited by 29
• Kocsis v. Chicago Park District 362 Ill. 24 · cited by 29
• Pennsylvania Co. v. City of Chicago 53 L.R.A. 223 · cited by 29
• In re the Will of Tuller 79 Ill. 99 · cited by 29
• The People v. Myers 35 Ill. 2d 311 · cited by 29
• People v. Moss 206 Ill. 2d 503 · cited by 29
• Durkee v. People ex rel. Askren 155 Ill. 354 · cited by 29
• Boone v. Robert 5 L.R.A. 276 · cited by 29
• Stow v. Russell 36 Ill. 18 · cited by 29
• Palmer v. Meriden Britannia Co. 188 Ill. 508 · cited by 29
• People v. Austin M. 2012 IL 111194 · cited by 29
• People ex rel. Browne v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co. 306 Ill. 402 · cited by 29
• People v. Haywood 45 Ill. Dec. 932 · cited by 29
• Miner v. Miner 11 Ill. 43 · cited by 29
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Copeland 24 Ill. 332 · cited by 29