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.

• Anderson v. Hyster Company 24 Ill. Dec. 549 · cited by 29
• Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent Society 2 L.R.A. 420 · cited by 29
• Gilliland v. Board of Education 8 Ill. Dec. 84 · cited by 29
• Pullen v. Mulligan 138 Ill. 2d 21 · cited by 29
• People v. Fair 193 Ill. 2d 256 · cited by 29
• Welch v. Johnson 147 Ill. 2d 40 · cited by 29
• People v. Shum 207 Ill. 2d 47 · cited by 29
• Reeder v. Purdy 41 Ill. 279 · cited by 29
• Knights Templars & Masons Life Indemnity Co. v. Crayton 209 Ill. 550 · cited by 29
• Wartell v. Formusa 34 Ill. 2d 57 · cited by 29
• Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Heiss 141 Ill. 35 · cited by 29
• People v. McAdrian 52 Ill. 2d 250 · cited by 29
• Landgraf v. Kuh 188 Ill. 484 · cited by 29
• Graham v. Anderson 42 Ill. 514 · cited by 29
• Parkinson v. People 10 L.R.A. 91 · cited by 29
• Noyola v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Chicago 179 Ill. 2d 121 · cited by 29
• Crook v. People 16 Ill. 534 · cited by 29
• Robbins v. Board of Trustees of the Carbondale Police Pension Fund 177 Ill. 2d 533 · cited by 29
• Haywood v. Collins 60 Ill. 328 · cited by 29
• Jernberg v. Mix 199 Ill. 254 · cited by 29
• Van Molligan v. The Board of Fire & Police Commisioners of the Village of Glenview 158 Ill. 2d 85 · cited by 29
• Dunn v. People 109 Ill. 635 · cited by 29
• Wicks v. Cuneo-Henneberry Co. 319 Ill. 344 · cited by 29
• Canton Union Coal Co. v. Parlin & Orendorff Co. 215 Ill. 244 · cited by 29
• Fultz v. Haugan 49 Ill. 2d 131 · cited by 29
• Bishop v. O'Conner 69 Ill. 431 · cited by 29
• People v. Shirley 181 Ill. 2d 359 · cited by 29
• Wimmer v. Koenigseder 92 Ill. Dec. 233 · cited by 29
• Mueller v. Rebhan 94 Ill. 142 · cited by 29
• Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. 219 Ill. 2d 430 · cited by 29
• Commercial National Bank of Chicago v. City of Chicago 59 Ill. Dec. 643 · cited by 29
• City of Chicago v. Baer 41 Ill. 306 · cited by 29
• Protection Life Insurance v. Palmer 81 Ill. 88 · cited by 29
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Baches 55 Ill. 379 · cited by 29
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Grimwood 212 Ill. 103 · cited by 29
• People v. King 94 Ill. Dec. 702 · cited by 29
• Wright v. Griffey 147 Ill. 496 · cited by 29
• Willoughby v. Lawrence 116 Ill. 11 · cited by 29
• Lœwenthal v. Streng 90 Ill. 74 · cited by 29
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Weldon 52 Ill. 290 · cited by 29
• In Re Detention of Hardin 238 Ill. 2d 33 · cited by 29
• Pixley v. Boynton 79 Ill. 351 · cited by 29
• Staley v. Illinois Central Railroad 268 Ill. 356 · cited by 29
• Nevin v. Pullman Palace Car Co. 106 Ill. 222 · cited by 29
• Thompson v. Dearborn 107 Ill. 87 · cited by 29
• People v. B.C. 176 Ill. 2d 536 · cited by 29
• People v. Van Schoyck 232 Ill. 2d 330 · cited by 29
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Dillon 123 Ill. 570 · cited by 29
• Wilson v. Tromly 404 Ill. 307 · cited by 29
• Schroder v. Crawford 94 Ill. 357 · cited by 29
• Ferentchak v. Village of Frankfort 86 Ill. Dec. 443 · cited by 29
• People v. McDonald 77 N.E.3d 26 · cited by 29
• People v. Denson 2014 IL 116231 · cited by 29
• McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. v. Zakzewski 220 Ill. 522 · cited by 29
• In Re Custody of Peterson 96 Ill. Dec. 690 · cited by 29
• People Ex Rel. Ross v. Becker 382 Ill. 404 · cited by 29
• In re Pension Reform Litigation 2015 IL 118585 · cited by 29
• In Re Application for Judgment & Sale of Delinquent Properties 167 Ill. 2d 161 · cited by 29
• People v. Frias 75 Ill. Dec. 674 · cited by 29
• Storrs v. St. Luke's Hospital 180 Ill. 368 · cited by 29
• People v. Williams 165 Ill. 2d 51 · cited by 29
• People v. Rogers 303 Ill. 578 · cited by 29
• Poole v. City of Kankakee 406 Ill. 521 · cited by 29
• Gordon v. Reynolds 114 Ill. 118 · cited by 29
• National Furnace Co. v. Keystone Manufacturing Co. 110 Ill. 427 · cited by 29
• People v. Allen 89 Ill. Dec. 847 · cited by 29
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Joliet, Lockport & Aurora Railway Co. 105 Ill. 388 · cited by 29
• Jackson v. First National Bank 415 Ill. 453 · cited by 29
• Jones v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor 236 Ill. 113 · cited by 29
• Harvey v. Aurora & Geneva Railway Co. 174 Ill. 295 · cited by 29
• In Re Lawrence M. 172 Ill. 2d 523 · cited by 29
• Baldwin v. Begley 185 Ill. 180 · cited by 29
• Chicago Motor Coach Co. v. City of Chicago 337 Ill. 200 · cited by 29
• People v. R.S. 83 Ill. Dec. 339 · cited by 29
• McReynolds v. Burlington & Ohio River Railway Co. 106 Ill. 152 · cited by 29
• Colson v. Leitch 110 Ill. 504 · cited by 29
• People v. Ford 198 Ill. 2d 68 · cited by 29
• Murdy v. Edgar 83 Ill. Dec. 151 · cited by 29
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Pollution Control Board 14 Ill. Dec. 245 · cited by 29
• People v. Lego 168 Ill. 2d 561 · cited by 29
• The People v. Patrick 38 Ill. 2d 255 · cited by 29
• In Re Detention of Samuelson 189 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 29
• White v. Murtland 71 Ill. 250 · cited by 29
• People v. Daniels 187 Ill. 2d 301 · cited by 29
• Wabash Railroad v. Thomas 222 Ill. 337 · cited by 29
• Garza v. Navistar International Transportation Corp. 172 Ill. 2d 373 · cited by 29
• Davidson v. Burke 143 Ill. 139 · cited by 29
• Pigg v. Carroll 89 Ill. 205 · cited by 29
• Rothwell v. Taylor 303 Ill. 226 · cited by 29
• DeHart v. DeHart 2013 IL 114137 · cited by 29
• Dee v. Dee 212 Ill. 338 · cited by 29
• People v. Martin 2011 IL 109102 · cited by 29
• City of Chicago v. Anthony 136 Ill. 2d 169 · cited by 29
• Patterson v. Northern Trust Co. 286 Ill. 564 · cited by 28
• Lauth v. Chicago Union Traction Co. 244 Ill. 244 · cited by 28
• Drennan v. Bunn 124 Ill. 175 · cited by 28
• Becker v. Billings 304 Ill. 190 · cited by 28
• Jackson v. Warren 32 Ill. 331 · cited by 28
• Lanquist v. City of Chicago 200 Ill. 69 · cited by 28
• Drew v. Beall 62 Ill. 164 · cited by 28
• Kettles v. People 221 Ill. 221 · cited by 28
• Jones v. Searle Laboratories 67 Ill. Dec. 118 · cited by 28
• Robbins v. Butler 24 Ill. 387 · cited by 28
• In re Marriage of Heroy 2017 IL 120205 · cited by 28
• People v. Coleman 129 Ill. 2d 321 · cited by 28
• Kirby v. Runals 140 Ill. 289 · cited by 28
• Cities Service Oil Co. v. Viering 404 Ill. 538 · cited by 28
• Vaughan's Seed Store v. Simonini 275 Ill. 477 · cited by 28
• White v. Hermann 51 Ill. 243 · cited by 28
• Gannon v. People 127 Ill. 507 · cited by 28
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Franklin County 387 Ill. 301 · cited by 28
• Jamieson v. Wallace 167 Ill. 388 · cited by 28
• Crossman v. Wohlleben 90 Ill. 537 · cited by 28
• Johnson v. People 113 Ill. 99 · cited by 28
• Steinmeyer v. Schroeppel 226 Ill. 9 · cited by 28
• Blair v. Reading 99 Ill. 600 · cited by 28
• Hogan v. Bleeker 29 Ill. 2d 181 · cited by 28
• Winston v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Peoria County 407 Ill. 588 · cited by 28
• Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport Authority v. Department of Revenue 126 Ill. 2d 326 · cited by 28
• Bridgewater v. Hotz 51 Ill. 2d 103 · cited by 28
• Parker-Washington Co. v. Industrial Board 274 Ill. 498 · cited by 28
• J.S.A. v. M.H. 224 Ill. 2d 182 · cited by 28
• American Loan & Trust Co. v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad 157 Ill. 641 · cited by 28
• Cannady v. People 17 Ill. 158 · cited by 28
• People v. Blair 2013 IL 114122 · cited by 28
• People v. Taylor 237 Ill. 2d 356 · cited by 28
• Coal Creek Drainage & Levee District v. Sanitary District 336 Ill. 11 · cited by 28
• Peters v. City of Springfield 57 Ill. 2d 142 · cited by 28
• Commercial Insurance v. Scammon 123 Ill. 601 · cited by 28
• People v. Henenberg 55 Ill. 2d 5 · cited by 28
• Black v. Jones 264 Ill. 548 · cited by 28
• The People v. Swift 319 Ill. 359 · cited by 28
• Attebery v. Blair 244 Ill. 363 · cited by 28
• People v. Jones 149 Ill. 2d 288 · cited by 28
• Rector v. Hartford Deposit Co. 190 Ill. 380 · cited by 28
• Gormley v. Day 114 Ill. 185 · cited by 28
• Franklin Coal & Coke Co. v. Industrial Commission 296 Ill. 329 · cited by 28
• Highley v. Deane 168 Ill. 266 · cited by 28
• Gundich v. Emerson-Comstock Co. 21 Ill. 2d 117 · cited by 28
• Wilson v. Roots 119 Ill. 379 · cited by 28
• Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Rodrigues 47 Ill. 188 · cited by 28
• Vincent v. Chicago & Alton Railroad 49 Ill. 33 · cited by 28
• People v. Jameson 162 Ill. 2d 282 · cited by 28
• Stone v. Wood 16 Ill. 177 · cited by 28
• Donahoo v. Board of Education 413 Ill. 422 · cited by 28
• Chicago Motor Bus Co. v. Chicago Stage Co. 287 Ill. 320 · cited by 28
• Mallin v. Wenham 65 L.R.A. 602 · cited by 28
• Lazenby v. Mark's Construction, Inc. 236 Ill. 2d 83 · cited by 28
• Niccum v. Botti, Marinaccio, DeSalvo & Tameling, Ltd. 182 Ill. 2d 6 · cited by 28
• Austin v. Underwood 37 Ill. 438 · cited by 28
• Acme Markets, Inc. v. Callanan 236 Ill. 2d 29 · cited by 28
• Bishop v. American Preservers' Co. 157 Ill. 284 · cited by 28
• People v. Wilson 468 Ill. Dec. 289 · cited by 28
• City of Bloomington v. Bay 42 Ill. 503 · cited by 28
• People v. McNeal 175 Ill. 2d 335 · cited by 28
• Whitney v. Madden 400 Ill. 185 · cited by 28
• Espinosa v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 56 Ill. Dec. 31 · cited by 28
• The PEOPLE v. Durr 28 Ill. 2d 308 · cited by 28
• People v. Holtzman 1 Ill. 2d 562 · cited by 28
• People v. Gorss 2022 IL 126464 · cited by 28
• Boatmen's National Bank v. Martin 155 Ill. 2d 305 · cited by 28
• ABN AMRO Mortgage Group Inc. v. McGahan 237 Ill. 2d 526 · cited by 28
• People v. Warship 59 Ill. 2d 125 · cited by 28
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Villicana 181 Ill. 2d 436 · cited by 28
• Vermont Street M. E. Church v. Brose 104 Ill. 206 · cited by 28
• People v. Taylor 78 Ill. Dec. 359 · cited by 28
• Rothschild & Co. v. Sons Piano Manufacturing Co. 256 Ill. 196 · cited by 28
• Dora Township v. Indiana Insurance Co. 36 Ill. Dec. 341 · cited by 28
• Gones v. Fisher 286 Ill. 606 · cited by 28
• The People v. Townsend 11 Ill. 2d 30 · cited by 28
• People v. Gard 158 Ill. 2d 191 · cited by 28
• Gould v. Howe 127 Ill. 251 · cited by 28
• Portwood v. Ford Motor Co. 183 Ill. 2d 459 · cited by 28
• Castner v. Walrod 83 Ill. 171 · cited by 28
• Weber v. Mick 131 Ill. 520 · cited by 28
• Young v. Lorain 11 Ill. 624 · cited by 28
• Skaperdas v. Country Casualty Insurance Company 2015 IL 117021 · cited by 28
• Sandholm v. Kuecker 356 Ill. Dec. 733 · cited by 28
• People Ex Rel. Walker v. Pate 53 Ill. 2d 485 · cited by 28
• Baker v. People 105 Ill. 452 · cited by 28
• Blain v. Harrison 11 Ill. 384 · cited by 28
• Dreyer v. People 58 L.R.A. 869 · cited by 28
• People v. Warmack 46 Ill. Dec. 141 · cited by 28
• Fox v. Kitton 19 Ill. 519 · cited by 28
• Juilliard v. May 130 Ill. 87 · cited by 28
• People v. Bales 91 Ill. Dec. 171 · cited by 28
• In Re Marriage of Kates 198 Ill. 2d 156 · cited by 28
• People v. Burns 50 N.E.3d 610 · cited by 28
• Shaughnessy v. Holt 236 Ill. 485 · cited by 28
• People v. Burpo 164 Ill. 2d 261 · cited by 28
• Littell v. Board of Supervisors 198 Ill. 205 · cited by 28
• White v. Walker 31 Ill. 422 · cited by 28
• Bishop v. Busse 69 Ill. 403 · cited by 28
• Field v. Chicago & Rock Island Railroad 71 Ill. 458 · cited by 28
• Flower v. Elwood 66 Ill. 438 · cited by 28
• Doane v. Dunham 65 Ill. 512 · cited by 28
• Eddy v. Morgan 216 Ill. 437 · cited by 28
• Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank v. County of Cook 17 Ill. Dec. 831 · cited by 28
• People v. Henderson 171 Ill. 2d 124 · cited by 28
• Heinrich v. Peabody International Corp. 76 Ill. Dec. 800 · cited by 28