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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. Henry 47 Ill. 2d 312 · cited by 27
KALPLAN v. Kaplan 25 Ill. 2d 181 · cited by 27
The People v. Gendron 41 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 27
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. West Chicago Street Railroad 156 Ill. 255 · cited by 27
People v. DiLorenzo 169 Ill. 2d 318 · cited by 27
People v. Green 25 Ill. Dec. 1 · cited by 27
Hale v. Johnson 80 Ill. 185 · cited by 27
People v. King 276 Ill. 138 · cited by 27
People v. Morreale 412 Ill. 528 · cited by 27
Palmer v. Welch 132 Ill. 141 · cited by 27
Barth v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. 228 Ill. 2d 163 · cited by 27
Novicki v. Department of Finance 373 Ill. 342 · cited by 27
Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Byrum 153 Ill. 131 · cited by 27
Reda v. Advocate Health Care 199 Ill. 2d 47 · cited by 27
People v. Jennings 411 Ill. 21 · cited by 27
Consolidated Coal Co. v. Schmisseur 135 Ill. 371 · cited by 27
S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt & Alexander 181 Ill. 2d 489 · cited by 27
J. A. Burgess Co. v. Ames 359 Ill. 427 · cited by 27
Mills v. Newberry 112 Ill. 123 · cited by 27
The PEOPLE v. Mitchell 45 Ill. 2d 148 · cited by 27
Edwards v. Schillinger 245 Ill. 231 · cited by 27
People ex rel. Green v. Board of Commissioners 176 Ill. 576 · cited by 27
People v. Banks 237 Ill. 2d 154 · cited by 27
People v. Adams 2012 IL 111168 · cited by 27
Deslauriers v. Senesac 331 Ill. 437 · cited by 27
Stiger v. Bent 111 Ill. 328 · cited by 27
People v. Hollins 971 N.E.2d 504 · cited by 27
McNellis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc. 58 Ill. 2d 146 · cited by 27
People v. Hope 168 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 27
People v. Laubscher 183 Ill. 2d 330 · cited by 27
The People v. Rogers 324 Ill. 224 · cited by 27
Hope v. City of Alton 214 Ill. 102 · cited by 27
People v. Ballard 206 Ill. 2d 151 · cited by 27
Joyce v. City of Chicago 216 Ill. 466 · cited by 27
Illinois Central Railroad v. Noble 142 Ill. 578 · cited by 27
Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Becker 76 Ill. 25 · cited by 27
Graves v. Colwell 90 Ill. 612 · cited by 27
Burke v. Snively 208 Ill. 328 · cited by 27
Merlo v. Johnston City & Big Muddy Coal & Mining Co. 258 Ill. 328 · cited by 27
Illinois Fire Insurance v. Stanton 57 Ill. 354 · cited by 27
Heidenreich v. Bremner 260 Ill. 439 · cited by 27
Comstock v. Hannah 76 Ill. 530 · cited by 27
New Haven Clock Co. v. Kochersperger 175 Ill. 383 · cited by 27
Goodman v. Ward 241 Ill. 2d 398 · cited by 27
Hamer v. Kirk 1 Ill. Dec. 336 · cited by 27
People v. Stoecker 450 Ill. Dec. 201 · cited by 27
Stevens v. St. Mary's Training School 18 L.R.A. 832 · cited by 27
Spence v. Central Accident Insurance 236 Ill. 444 · cited by 27
People v. Wright 94 Ill. Dec. 726 · cited by 27
Barrington Consolidated High School v. American Insurance 58 Ill. 2d 278 · cited by 27
People v. McCutcheon 11 Ill. Dec. 278 · cited by 27
N. E. Fire & M. Ins. v. Schettler 38 Ill. 166 · cited by 27
In Re Stephenson 10 Ill. Dec. 507 · cited by 27
Harris v. People 130 Ill. 457 · cited by 27
People v. Davis 269 Ill. 256 · cited by 27
Laflin & Rand Powder Co. v. Tearney 7 L.R.A. 262 · cited by 27
The PEOPLE v. Heard 47 Ill. 2d 501 · cited by 27
City of Danville v. Danville Water Co. 178 Ill. 299 · cited by 27
Scott v. Association for Childbirth at Home, International 58 Ill. Dec. 761 · cited by 27
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Sperry 214 Ill. 2d 371 · cited by 27
Moehle v. Chrysler Motors Corp. 66 Ill. Dec. 649 · cited by 27
Kohtz v. Eldred 208 Ill. 60 · cited by 27
People Ex Rel. Difanis v. Barr 46 Ill. Dec. 678 · cited by 27
Robertson v. Travelers Insurance Co. 69 Ill. Dec. 954 · cited by 27
K. MILLER CONST. CO., INC. v. McGinnis 238 Ill. 2d 284 · cited by 27
East St. Louis Electric Street Railroad v. Cauley 148 Ill. 490 · cited by 27
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Moffitt 75 Ill. 524 · cited by 27
Wetherell v. Devine 116 Ill. 631 · cited by 27
City of Aurora v. Schoeberlein 230 Ill. 496 · cited by 27
Illinois Central Railroad v. Houghton 1 L.R.A. 213 · cited by 27
Home Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Zarkin 59 Ill. Dec. 897 · cited by 27
Aurora & Geneva Railway Co. v. Harvey 178 Ill. 477 · cited by 27
City of Jacksonville v. Jacksonville Railway Co. 67 Ill. 540 · cited by 27
Henderson v. Blackburn 104 Ill. 227 · cited by 27
Ellis v. Ward 137 Ill. 509 · cited by 27
Atkins v. Moore 82 Ill. 240 · cited by 27
People v. Johnson 238 Ill. 2d 478 · cited by 27
People v. Staake 102 N.E.3d 217 · cited by 27
Caswell v. Caswell 120 Ill. 377 · cited by 27
Chapman v. McGrew 20 Ill. 101 · cited by 27
People ex rel. State Board of Health v. Apfelbaum 251 Ill. 18 · cited by 27
The PEOPLE v. Miller 13 Ill. 2d 84 · cited by 27
McElroy v. Force 38 Ill. 2d 528 · cited by 27
Bestor v. Wathen 60 Ill. 138 · cited by 27
Skolnick v. Altheimer & Gray 191 Ill. 2d 214 · cited by 27
People v. Bean 48 Ill. Dec. 876 · cited by 27
The People v. Scalisi 324 Ill. 131 · cited by 27
The People v. Lefler 38 Ill. 2d 216 · cited by 27
City of Springfield v. Board of Election Commissioners of Springfield 85 Ill. Dec. 508 · cited by 27
Thomas v. Fame Insurance 108 Ill. 91 · cited by 27
The PEOPLE v. Williams 47 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 27
Malaer v. Hudgens 130 Ill. 225 · cited by 27
Donovan v. Purtell 216 Ill. 629 · cited by 27
Butters v. Haughwout 42 Ill. 18 · cited by 27
Godair v. Ham National Bank 225 Ill. 572 · cited by 27
People v. Burt 168 Ill. 2d 49 · cited by 27
Illinois Central Railroad v. O'Keefe 39 L.R.A. 148 · cited by 27
People v. Hernandez 231 Ill. 2d 134 · cited by 27
Green v. Marks 25 Ill. 221 · cited by 27
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Williams MacHine & Tool Co. 62 Ill. 2d 77 · cited by 27
Lieberman v. Chicago & South Side Rapid Transit Railroad 141 Ill. 140 · cited by 27
People ex rel. Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Supervisor of Barnett Township 100 Ill. 332 · cited by 27
The People v. Burage 23 Ill. 2d 280 · cited by 27
Gregg v. Illinois Central Railroad 147 Ill. 550 · cited by 27
Pfister v. Shusta 167 Ill. 2d 417 · cited by 27
A. R. Barnes & Co. v. Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 232 Ill. 424 · cited by 27
Shell Oil Co. v. Department of Revenue 70 Ill. Dec. 191 · cited by 27
Berman v. Board of Education 360 Ill. 535 · cited by 27
People v. Adams 92 Ill. Dec. 528 · cited by 27
J. E. Porter Co. v. Industrial Commission 301 Ill. 76 · cited by 27
Harrison v. Weatherby 180 Ill. 418 · cited by 27
Schlink v. Maxton 153 Ill. 447 · cited by 27
Peirce v. Walters 164 Ill. 560 · cited by 27
Schmidt v. Brown 226 Ill. 590 · cited by 27
People ex rel. Brewster v. Kilduff 15 Ill. 492 · cited by 27
Congregational Sunday School & Publishing Society v. Board of Review 290 Ill. 108 · cited by 27
Illinois Central Railroad v. King 179 Ill. 91 · cited by 27
Rutherford v. Morris 77 Ill. 397 · cited by 27
People v. Dace 83 Ill. Dec. 573 · cited by 27
SJ Groves & Sons Co. v. State 67 Ill. Dec. 92 · cited by 27
Steele v. Fraternal Tribunes 215 Ill. 190 · cited by 27
Van's Material Co. v. Department of Revenue 131 Ill. 2d 196 · cited by 27
Hoeffer v. Clogan 40 L.R.A. 730 · cited by 27
Elg v. Whittington 119 Ill. 2d 344 · cited by 27
People v. Roberson 212 Ill. 2d 430 · cited by 27
People v. Hilliard 234 N.E.3d 668 · cited by 27
Masterson v. Cheek 23 Ill. 72 · cited by 27
Jevne & Almini v. Osgood 57 Ill. 340 · cited by 27
People ex rel. Jones v. Webb 256 Ill. 364 · cited by 27
Gendek v. Jehangir 116 Ill. Dec. 230 · cited by 27
Decatur Railway & Light Co. v. Industrial Board 276 Ill. 472 · cited by 27
People v. Brackett 109 Ill. Dec. 809 · cited by 27
Steere v. Hoagland 39 Ill. 264 · cited by 27
Illinois Central Railroad v. Latimer 128 Ill. 163 · cited by 27
People v. Nelson 235 Ill. 2d 386 · cited by 27
People v. Morgan 59 Ill. 2d 276 · cited by 27
People v. Kessler 57 Ill. 2d 493 · cited by 27
Wabash Railway Co. v. Industrial Commission 294 Ill. 119 · cited by 27
Keightlinger v. Egan 65 Ill. 235 · cited by 27
Kankakee & Seneca Railroad v. Horan 131 Ill. 288 · cited by 27
Bartlow v. Costigan 2014 IL 115152 · cited by 27
Southern Illinoisan v. Illinois Department of Public Health 218 Ill. 2d 390 · cited by 27
People v. Mahaffey 128 Ill. 2d 388 · cited by 27
Campbell v. Carter 14 Ill. 286 · cited by 27
City of Bloomington v. Pollock 141 Ill. 346 · cited by 27
City of Freeport v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board 135 Ill. 2d 499 · cited by 27
Dougherty v. People 118 Ill. 160 · cited by 27
Schatz v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. 51 Ill. 2d 143 · cited by 27
City of Galesburg v. Hawkinson 75 Ill. 152 · cited by 27
People v. Arndt 50 Ill. 2d 390 · cited by 27
Lombard v. Chicago Sinai Congregation 64 Ill. 477 · cited by 27
Charges J. Off & Co. v. Morehead 235 Ill. 40 · cited by 27
The People v. Wesley 30 Ill. 2d 131 · cited by 27
Baker v. Hall 214 Ill. 364 · cited by 26
Illinois Life Ass'n v. Wells 200 Ill. 445 · cited by 26
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Peyton 106 Ill. 534 · cited by 26
Lake v. Cook 15 Ill. 353 · cited by 26
The People v. Childers 386 Ill. 312 · cited by 26
Densby v. Bartlett 318 Ill. 616 · cited by 26
Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. Rademacher 190 Ill. 538 · cited by 26
People v. Jones 68 Ill. Dec. 903 · cited by 26
Arteman v. Clinton Community Unit School District No. 15 198 Ill. 2d 475 · cited by 26
River Valley Cartage Co. v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance 17 Ill. 2d 242 · cited by 26
Newhall v. Kastens 70 Ill. 156 · cited by 26
People v. Andrae 295 Ill. 445 · cited by 26
Vansant v. Allmon 23 Ill. 30 · cited by 26
Illinois Central Railroad v. Anderson 184 Ill. 294 · cited by 26
Muscarello v. Peterson 20 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 26
Globe Mutual Life Insurance v. Wagner 52 L.R.A. 649 · cited by 26
People v. Hanna 207 Ill. 2d 486 · cited by 26
Culver v. City of Streator 6 L.R.A. 270 · cited by 26
Campbell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America 15 Ill. 2d 308 · cited by 26
People v. Morgan 142 Ill. 2d 410 · cited by 26
People v. Barnes 314 Ill. 140 · cited by 26
West Chicago Masonic Ass'n v. Cohn 55 L.R.A. 235 · cited by 26
Jacobson v. Ashkinaze 337 Ill. 141 · cited by 26
People Ex Rel. Rusch v. White 334 Ill. 465 · cited by 26
People v. Perez 90 Ill. Dec. 932 · cited by 26
Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. Industrial Commission 291 Ill. 167 · cited by 26
Stroger v. Regional Transportation Authority 201 Ill. 2d 508 · cited by 26
Choate v. Commerce Commission 309 Ill. 248 · cited by 26
New York & Chicago Grain & Stock Exchange v. Board of Trade of the City of Chicago 2 L.R.A. 411 · cited by 26
Field v. People 3 Ill. 79 · cited by 26
Chmelik v. Vana 31 Ill. 2d 272 · cited by 26
Catlett v. Novak 106 Ill. Dec. 786 · cited by 26
Queen Insurance v. Dearborn Savings, Loan & Building Ass'n 175 Ill. 115 · cited by 26
People v. Jimerson 166 Ill. 2d 211 · cited by 26
Tosado v. Miller 188 Ill. 2d 186 · cited by 26
Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board of Elections 3 Ill. Dec. 728 · cited by 26
People ex rel. Gullett v. McCullough 254 Ill. 9 · cited by 26
Northbrook Property & Casualty Co. v. Transportation Joint Agreement 194 Ill. 2d 96 · cited by 26
Ohio Oil Co. v. Daughetee 240 Ill. 361 · cited by 26
Cities Service Oil Co. v. City of Des Plaines 21 Ill. 2d 157 · cited by 26
Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Harmon 47 Ill. 298 · cited by 26
People Ex Rel. Baker v. Cowlin 154 Ill. 2d 193 · cited by 26
Shlensky v. South Parkway Building Corp. 19 Ill. 2d 268 · cited by 26
People v. Harrison 261 Ill. 517 · cited by 26
People v. Yarbrough 10 Ill. Dec. 213 · cited by 26
N. C. Antle & Bro. v. Sexton 137 Ill. 410 · cited by 26
Barnes v. Northern Trust Co. 169 Ill. 112 · cited by 26