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.

• Home Insurance Co. of New York v. Mendenhall 164 Ill. 458 · cited by 26
• Bonney v. King 201 Ill. 47 · cited by 26
• Supreme Lodge Knights & Ladies of Honor v. Menkhausen 65 L.R.A. 508 · cited by 26
• McCoy v. Morrow 18 Ill. 519 · cited by 26
• Anderson v. Board of Education 390 Ill. 412 · cited by 26
• Klatt v. Commonwealth Edison Co. 33 Ill. 2d 481 · cited by 26
• People v. Orange 195 Ill. 2d 437 · cited by 26
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Eininger 114 Ill. 79 · cited by 26
• Lulay v. Peoria Journal-Star, Inc. 34 Ill. 2d 112 · cited by 26
• Smith v. Department of Registration & Education 412 Ill. 332 · cited by 26
• Allegro Services, Ltd. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 172 Ill. 2d 243 · cited by 26
• People v. Hope 108 Ill. Dec. 41 · cited by 26
• Farwell v. Huston 151 Ill. 239 · cited by 26
• Tollefson v. City of Ottawa 228 Ill. 134 · cited by 26
• Stevens v. Illinois Central Railroad 306 Ill. 370 · cited by 26
• In Re Estate of Leichtenberg 7 Ill. 2d 545 · cited by 26
• Badger v. Inlet Drainage District 141 Ill. 540 · cited by 26
• Ledingham v. Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corp. 1 Ill. Dec. 75 · cited by 26
• Sheffer v. Willoughby 34 L.R.A. 464 · cited by 26
• People v. Harris 182 Ill. 2d 114 · cited by 26
• Chickering v. Failes 26 Ill. 507 · cited by 26
• American National Bank & Trust Co. v. City of Chicago 192 Ill. 2d 274 · cited by 26
• People v. Gean 143 Ill. 2d 281 · cited by 26
• Dollander v. Dhaemers 297 Ill. 274 · cited by 26
• Miller v. Larned 103 Ill. 562 · cited by 26
• Borg-Warner Corp. v. Anchor Coupling Co. 16 Ill. 2d 234 · cited by 26
• Egyptian Transportation System, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad 321 Ill. 580 · cited by 26
• Lancashire Insurance v. Corbetts 165 Ill. 592 · cited by 26
• Ulrey v. Keith 237 Ill. 284 · cited by 26
• People v. Wittenmyer 151 Ill. 2d 175 · cited by 26
• Provident Life Insurance v. Fennell 49 Ill. 180 · cited by 26
• Adler v. Adler 373 Ill. 361 · cited by 26
• The People v. Ryan 30 Ill. 2d 456 · cited by 26
• Peoria County Belwood Nursing Home v. Industrial Commission 106 Ill. Dec. 235 · cited by 26
• Sebree v. Sebree 293 Ill. 228 · cited by 26
• People v. Brown 1 N.E.3d 888 · cited by 26
• Agran v. Checker Taxi Co. 412 Ill. 145 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Alvarez v. Howard 2016 IL 120729 · cited by 26
• Carpenter v. Calvert 83 Ill. 62 · cited by 26
• Thorp v. Goewey 85 Ill. 611 · cited by 26
• Christ v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance 312 Ill. 525 · cited by 26
• Victor Chemical Works v. Industrial Board 274 Ill. 11 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Sellers v. Brady 262 Ill. 578 · cited by 26
• Jones v. Chicago & Iowa Railroad 68 Ill. 380 · cited by 26
• Church v. English 81 Ill. 442 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Jacobs v. Coffin 282 Ill. 599 · cited by 26
• Williams v. People 121 Ill. 84 · cited by 26
• Krolage v. People 224 Ill. 456 · cited by 26
• In Re Adoption of Walgreen 186 Ill. 2d 362 · cited by 26
• Newman v. Willetts 52 Ill. 98 · cited by 26
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Gillis 68 Ill. 317 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Hambel v. McConnell 155 Ill. 192 · cited by 26
• People v. Sophanavong 450 Ill. Dec. 154 · cited by 26
• Kelly v. City of Chicago 62 Ill. 279 · cited by 26
• Cole v. Cole 292 Ill. 154 · cited by 26
• Dodge v. Board of Education 364 Ill. 547 · cited by 26
• Weightman v. Hatch 17 Ill. 281 · cited by 26
• County of Du Page v. Illinois Labor Relations Board 231 Ill. 2d 593 · cited by 26
• Johnson v. Leman 7 L.R.A. 656 · cited by 26
• Crichfield v. Bermudez Asphalt Paving Co. 42 L.R.A. 347 · cited by 26
• The PEOPLE v. Morris 43 Ill. 2d 124 · cited by 26
• Liccardi v. Stolt Terminals, Inc. 178 Ill. 2d 540 · cited by 26
• Larmon v. Knight 140 Ill. 232 · cited by 26
• Landis v. Wolf 206 Ill. 392 · cited by 26
• Hall v. First National Bank 133 Ill. 234 · cited by 26
• Mount Hope Cemetery Ass'n v. Weidenmann 139 Ill. 67 · cited by 26
• The People v. Loftus 400 Ill. 432 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Bruce v. Dunne 258 Ill. 441 · cited by 26
• Michaelis v. Wolf 136 Ill. 68 · cited by 26
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Smith 197 Ill. 2d 369 · cited by 26
• People v. Murray 2019 IL 123289 · cited by 26
• More v. Bennett 15 L.R.A. 361 · cited by 26
• The PEOPLE v. Nelson 40 Ill. 2d 146 · cited by 26
• Citizens Opposing Pollution v. Exxonmobil Coal U.S.A. 357 Ill. Dec. 55 · cited by 26
• People v. Lindner 127 Ill. 2d 174 · cited by 26
• Keithley v. Mutual Life Insurance 271 Ill. 584 · cited by 26
• Zearing v. Raber 74 Ill. 409 · cited by 26
• Hartley v. Chicago & Alton Railroad 197 Ill. 440 · cited by 26
• People v. Foster 133 Ill. 496 · cited by 26
• City of Chicago v. Roman 184 Ill. 2d 504 · cited by 26
• Kilgore v. People 76 Ill. 548 · cited by 26
• County of Cook v. Davis 143 Ill. 151 · cited by 26
• People v. Harris 225 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 26
• Harber Bros. v. Moffat Cycle Co. 151 Ill. 84 · cited by 26
• Burke v. Industrial Commission 368 Ill. 554 · cited by 26
• City of Chicago v. Condell 224 Ill. 595 · cited by 26
• In Re Estate of Wellman 174 Ill. 2d 335 · cited by 26
• People v. Ramirez 75 Ill. Dec. 241 · cited by 26
• Royal League v. Kavanagh 233 Ill. 175 · cited by 26
• McIntyre v. Sholty 139 Ill. 171 · cited by 26
• Irwin-Neisler & Co. v. Industrial Commission 346 Ill. 89 · cited by 26
• The PEOPLE v. Jiles 43 Ill. 2d 145 · cited by 26
• Litchfield Coal Co. v. Taylor 81 Ill. 590 · cited by 26
• Chicago Gas Light & Coke Co. v. People's Gas Light & Coke Co. 121 Ill. 530 · cited by 26
• City of Chicago v. McLean 8 L.R.A. 765 · cited by 26
• Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities v. Civil Service Commission 55 Ill. Dec. 560 · cited by 26
• Nelson v. Stutz Chicago Factory Branch, Inc. 341 Ill. 387 · cited by 26
• Dunn v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 127 Ill. 2d 350 · cited by 26
• Martin v. Judd 60 Ill. 78 · cited by 26
• Craig v. Southard 148 Ill. 37 · cited by 26
• Catlett v. Young 143 Ill. 74 · cited by 26
• Friebel v. Chicago City Railway Co. 280 Ill. 76 · cited by 26
• Rubens v. Hill 213 Ill. 523 · cited by 26
• People v. Nielson 187 Ill. 2d 271 · cited by 26
• Baker v. Baker 202 Ill. 595 · cited by 26
• National Syrup Co. v. Carlson 155 Ill. 210 · cited by 26
• Simmons v. Jenkins 76 Ill. 479 · cited by 26
• People v. Krauser 315 Ill. 485 · cited by 26
• Rae v. Hulbert 17 Ill. 572 · cited by 26
• Scanlan v. Keith 102 Ill. 634 · cited by 26
• Osgood v. Blackmore 59 Ill. 261 · cited by 26
• Consolidated Coal Co. v. Peers 150 Ill. 344 · cited by 26
• People v. McWeeney 259 Ill. 161 · cited by 26
• Johnson v. United Airlines 203 Ill. 2d 121 · cited by 26
• Fennell v. Illinois Central R.R. Co. 2012 IL 113812 · cited by 26
• Graff v. People 208 Ill. 312 · cited by 26
• Memory v. Niepert 131 Ill. 623 · cited by 26
• Dromgold v. Royal Neighbors of America 261 Ill. 60 · cited by 26
• People v. Meyers 158 Ill. 2d 46 · cited by 26
• City of Waukegan v. Pollution Control Board 57 Ill. 2d 170 · cited by 26
• Fishburn v. City of Chicago 39 L.R.A. 482 · cited by 26
• Stead v. Fortner 255 Ill. 468 · cited by 26
• West American Insurance v. Sal E. Lobianco & Son Co. 12 Ill. Dec. 893 · cited by 26
• People v. Staley 7 Ill. Dec. 85 · cited by 26
• O'Callaghan v. O'Callaghan 69 Ill. 552 · cited by 26
• J. L. Simmons Co. Ex Rel. Hartford Insurance Group v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 90 Ill. Dec. 955 · cited by 26
• Board of Trade Telegraph Co. v. Barnett 107 Ill. 507 · cited by 26
• Hutt v. City of Chicago 132 Ill. 352 · cited by 26
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Hazzard 26 Ill. 373 · cited by 26
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Robinson 4 L.R.A. 126 · cited by 26
• Punke v. Village of Elliott 364 Ill. 604 · cited by 26
• Roth v. Yackley 33 Ill. Dec. 131 · cited by 26
• DeKoven v. DeKoven 205 Ill. 309 · cited by 26
• Campbell v. Jacobson 145 Ill. 389 · cited by 26
• People v. Absher 242 Ill. 2d 77 · cited by 26
• Gertz v. Campbell 55 Ill. 2d 84 · cited by 26
• People Ex Rel. Simpson v. Funkhouser 385 Ill. 396 · cited by 26
• Larson v. Glos 235 Ill. 584 · cited by 26
• Metropolitan City Railway Co. v. Chicago West Division Railway Co. 87 Ill. 317 · cited by 26
• Borg v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. 162 Ill. 348 · cited by 26
• People ex rel. Stead v. Spring Lake Drainage & Levee District 253 Ill. 479 · cited by 26
• City of Evanston v. Piotrowicz 20 Ill. 2d 512 · cited by 26
• The People v. Huff 29 Ill. 2d 315 · cited by 26
• Lewis v. Industrial Commission 357 Ill. 309 · cited by 26
• The People v. Watson 36 Ill. 2d 228 · cited by 26
• People v. Christy 139 Ill. 2d 172 · cited by 26
• Blake v. Blake 80 Ill. 523 · cited by 26
• Driscoll v. C. Rasmussen Corp. 35 Ill. 2d 74 · cited by 26
• Skolnick v. Martin 32 Ill. 2d 55 · cited by 26
• Bigelow v. Andress 31 Ill. 322 · cited by 26
• Yoe v. McCord 74 Ill. 33 · cited by 26
• Hicks v. Stevens 121 Ill. 186 · cited by 26
• Sexton v. Smith 97 Ill. Dec. 411 · cited by 26
• Glennon v. Britton 155 Ill. 232 · cited by 26
• The PEOPLE v. Palmer 27 Ill. 2d 311 · cited by 26
• In Re Estate of Funk 221 Ill. 2d 30 · cited by 26
• Voykin v. Estate of DeBoer 192 Ill. 2d 49 · cited by 26
• Taylor v. Turner 87 Ill. 296 · cited by 26
• Hall v. Henn 208 Ill. 2d 325 · cited by 26
• Firemen's Insurance v. Peck 126 Ill. 493 · cited by 26
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Cole 75 Ill. 591 · cited by 26
• In Re Marriage of Rogers 52 Ill. Dec. 633 · cited by 26
• Meredeth v. People 84 Ill. 479 · cited by 26
• Samuels v. Oliver 130 Ill. 73 · cited by 26
• William M. Ross & Co. v. Innis 35 Ill. 487 · cited by 26
• Calvert v. Springfield Electric Light & Power Co. 231 Ill. 290 · cited by 26
• Metropolitan Trust Co. v. Bowman Dairy Co. 369 Ill. 222 · cited by 26
• Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Hart 66 L.R.A. 75 · cited by 26
• Hartley v. Red Ball Transit Co. 344 Ill. 534 · cited by 26
• People v. Houston 229 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 26
• Cooper v. Randall 59 Ill. 317 · cited by 26
• Abbasi Ex Rel. Abbasi v. Paraskevoulakos 187 Ill. 2d 386 · cited by 26
• Peoria Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Peoria Terminal Railway Co. 146 Ill. 372 · cited by 26
• North Chicago Street Railroad v. Fitzgibbons 180 Ill. 466 · cited by 26
• Bonde v. Weber 6 Ill. 2d 365 · cited by 26
• Higgins v. Midland Casualty Co. 281 Ill. 431 · cited by 26
• Petition of Kirchner 164 Ill. 2d 468 · cited by 26
• Sanner v. Patton 155 Ill. 553 · cited by 26
• Murphy v. Martin Oil Co. 56 Ill. 2d 423 · cited by 26
• Holcomb v. Boynton 151 Ill. 294 · cited by 26
• Nevitt v. Langfelder 157 Ill. 2d 116 · cited by 26
• Barchard v. Kohn 29 L.R.A. 803 · cited by 26
• People v. Taylor 237 Ill. 2d 68 · cited by 26
• Stack v. City of East St. Louis 85 Ill. 377 · cited by 26
• Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad v. Kelly 77 Ill. 426 · cited by 26
• Simcox v. Simcox 131 Ill. 2d 491 · cited by 26
• The People v. Guido 25 Ill. 2d 204 · cited by 26
• People v. Kitch 239 Ill. 2d 452 · cited by 26
• Barrett v. Hinckley 124 Ill. 32 · cited by 26
• Jones v. O'Connell 266 Ill. 443 · cited by 26
• Higgins v. Higgins 219 Ill. 146 · cited by 26
• Lasher v. People 47 L.R.A. 802 · cited by 26
• In Re May 1991 Will County Grand Jury 152 Ill. 2d 381 · cited by 26
• People v. Flowers 179 Ill. 2d 257 · cited by 26
• Town of Lewiston v. Proctor 27 Ill. 414 · cited by 26
• Emory v. Keighan 88 Ill. 482 · cited by 26
• Superior Coal Co. v. Department of Finance 377 Ill. 282 · cited by 26
• Peru Plow & Wheel Co. v. Industrial Commission 311 Ill. 216 · cited by 26
• Johnson v. RETIREMENT BD. OF POLICEMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND 104 Ill. Dec. 221 · cited by 26
• Baker v. Loves Park Savings & Loan Ass'n 61 Ill. 2d 119 · cited by 26