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.

• People v. Pintos 133 Ill. 2d 286 · cited by 63
• National Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Home Savings Bank 64 L.R.A. 399 · cited by 63
• People v. Childs 159 Ill. 2d 217 · cited by 63
• Porter v. Decatur Memorial Hospital 227 Ill. 2d 343 · cited by 63
• People v. Bartall 74 Ill. Dec. 557 · cited by 63
• People v. Dixon 63 Ill. Dec. 442 · cited by 63
• People v. Brownlee 186 Ill. 2d 501 · cited by 63
• Bradley v. Ballard 55 Ill. 413 · cited by 63
• City of Chicago v. Williams 182 Ill. 135 · cited by 63
• People v. Janes 158 Ill. 2d 27 · cited by 63
• Scofield v. Olcott 120 Ill. 362 · cited by 63
• The People v. Bernette 30 Ill. 2d 359 · cited by 63
• City of Aurora v. Burns 319 Ill. 84 · cited by 63
• Sollami v. Eaton 201 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 63
• City of LaSalle v. Kostka 190 Ill. 130 · cited by 63
• Mt. Zion State Bank & Trust v. Consolidated Communications, Inc. 169 Ill. 2d 110 · cited by 63
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Hansen 166 Ill. 623 · cited by 63
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Smith 208 Ill. 608 · cited by 62
• Peck v. Herrington 109 Ill. 611 · cited by 62
• People v. Eppinger 2013 IL 114121 · cited by 62
• People v. Herrett 137 Ill. 2d 195 · cited by 62
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Johnson 103 Ill. 512 · cited by 62
• People Ex Rel. Carey v. Cousins 34 Ill. Dec. 137 · cited by 62
• State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. City of Springfield v. Springfield Gas & Electric Co. 291 Ill. 209 · cited by 62
• People v. Lovejoy 235 Ill. 2d 97 · cited by 62
• Chultem v. Ticor Title Ins. Co. 2017 Ill. LEXIS 457 · cited by 62
• Evanston Insurance Co. v. Riseborough 2014 IL 114271 · cited by 62
• Cartwright v. McGown 121 Ill. 388 · cited by 62
• Currie v. Lao 148 Ill. 2d 151 · cited by 62
• First Springfield Bank & Trust v. Galman 188 Ill. 2d 252 · cited by 62
• People v. Brooks 187 Ill. 2d 91 · cited by 62
• Ferguson v. City of Chicago 213 Ill. 2d 94 · cited by 62
• People v. McCauley 163 Ill. 2d 414 · cited by 62
• People v. Enis 139 Ill. 2d 264 · cited by 62
• Kunkel v. Walton 179 Ill. 2d 519 · cited by 62
• Union Trust Co. v. Trumbull 137 Ill. 146 · cited by 62
• Pooh-Bah Enterprises, Inc. v. County of Cook 232 Ill. 2d 463 · cited by 62
• People v. Stechly 225 Ill. 2d 246 · cited by 62
• Lindroth v. Walgreen Co. 407 Ill. 121 · cited by 61
• People v. McDonald 168 Ill. 2d 420 · cited by 61
• In Re Marriage of Eckert 116 Ill. Dec. 220 · cited by 61
• Geise v. Phoenix Co. of Chicago, Inc. 159 Ill. 2d 507 · cited by 61
• Bio-Medical Laboratories, Inc. v. Trainor 12 Ill. Dec. 600 · cited by 61
• People Ex Rel. Scott v. Silverstein 57 Ill. Dec. 585 · cited by 61
• People ex rel. Wilson v. Salomon 51 Ill. 37 · cited by 61
• Wintersteen v. National Cooperage & Woodenware Co. 361 Ill. 95 · cited by 61
• Uphoff v. Industrial Board 271 Ill. 312 · cited by 61
• Fent v. Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway Co. 59 Ill. 349 · cited by 61
• People v. Bolyard 61 Ill. 2d 583 · cited by 61
• Collins v. Reynard 154 Ill. 2d 48 · cited by 61
• People v. Silagy 77 Ill. Dec. 792 · cited by 61
• Gebhardt v. Village of Lagrange Park 354 Ill. 234 · cited by 61
• Kuwik v. Starmark Star Marketing & Administration, Inc. 156 Ill. 2d 16 · cited by 61
• People v. Manning 182 Ill. 2d 193 · cited by 61
• Bond v. Moore 236 Ill. 576 · cited by 61
• Millett v. People 117 Ill. 294 · cited by 61
• Flores v. Dugan 61 Ill. Dec. 783 · cited by 61
• Northern Illinois Emergency Physicians v. Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd. 216 Ill. 2d 294 · cited by 61
• Town of Lake View v. Rose Hill Cemetery Co. 70 Ill. 191 · cited by 61
• Clay v. Kuhl 189 Ill. 2d 603 · cited by 61
• People v. Gaines 85 Ill. Dec. 269 · cited by 61
• Sulser v. Country Mutual Insurance 147 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 61
• Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois 2012 IL 112530 · cited by 61
• People v. Snyder 2011 IL 111382 · cited by 61
• People v. Baez 241 Ill. 2d 44 · cited by 60
• People v. Baskerville 2012 IL 111056 · cited by 60
• Neering v. I.C.R.R. Co. 383 Ill. 366 · cited by 60
• People v. Shaw 186 Ill. 2d 301 · cited by 60
• PSL Realty Co. v. Granite Investment Co. 56 Ill. Dec. 368 · cited by 60
• People v. Youngbey 45 Ill. Dec. 938 · cited by 60
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Jones 24 L.R.A. 141 · cited by 60
• In Re Beasley 6 Ill. Dec. 202 · cited by 60
• People v. Robinson 167 Ill. 2d 397 · cited by 60
• Burdinie v. Village of Glendale Heights 139 Ill. 2d 501 · cited by 60
• People v. Patterson 154 Ill. 2d 414 · cited by 60
• People v. Lopez 229 Ill. 2d 322 · cited by 60
• Dunham v. Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. 42 Ill. 2d 339 · cited by 60
• Anderson Electric, Inc. v. Ledbetter Erection Corp. 104 Ill. Dec. 689 · cited by 60
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Welch 52 Ill. 183 · cited by 60
• John v. Tribune Company 24 Ill. 2d 437 · cited by 60
• Foxcroft Townhome Owners Ass'n v. Hoffman Rosner Corp. 70 Ill. Dec. 251 · cited by 60
• First of America Trust Co. v. Armstead 171 Ill. 2d 282 · cited by 60
• Babcock v. Farwell 245 Ill. 14 · cited by 60
• Arvia v. Madigan 209 Ill. 2d 520 · cited by 60
• In Re Detention of Powell 217 Ill. 2d 123 · cited by 60
• Main Bank of Chicago v. Baker 56 Ill. Dec. 14 · cited by 60
• People v. Jackson 49 Ill. Dec. 719 · cited by 60
• United States Fire Insurance v. Schnackenberg 57 Ill. Dec. 840 · cited by 60
• McNulta v. Lockridge 137 Ill. 270 · cited by 60
• Pippin v. Chicago Housing Authority 35 Ill. Dec. 530 · cited by 60
• People v. Pujoue 61 Ill. 2d 335 · cited by 60
• Grasse v. Dealer's Transport Co. 412 Ill. 179 · cited by 60
• People v. Pikes 2013 IL 115171 · cited by 60
• Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Will County Collector 196 Ill. 2d 27 · cited by 60
• Jackson Jordan, Inc. v. Leydig, Voit & Mayer 158 Ill. 2d 240 · cited by 60
• Underground Contractors Ass'n v. City of Chicago 5 Ill. Dec. 827 · cited by 60
• Dubina v. Mesirow Realty Development, Inc. 178 Ill. 2d 496 · cited by 60
• Wilson v. Edward Hospital 981 N.E.2d 971 · cited by 60
• Chapski v. Copley Press 65 Ill. Dec. 884 · cited by 59
• Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co. 207 Ill. 2d 167 · cited by 59
• People v. Davis 6 N.E.3d 709 · cited by 59
• People v. Williams 161 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 59
• Kerns v. Engelke 28 Ill. Dec. 500 · cited by 59
• People v. Taylor 80 Ill. Dec. 76 · cited by 59
• Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Co. 231 Ill. 2d 516 · cited by 59
• Harding v. American Glucose Co. 64 L.R.A. 738 · cited by 59
• Bruns v. City of Centralia 21 N.E.3d 684 · cited by 59
• People v. Graham 206 Ill. 2d 465 · cited by 59
• Wadhams v. Flagler Gay 73 Ill. 415 · cited by 59
• People v. Olivera 164 Ill. 2d 382 · cited by 59
• Solon v. Midwest Medical Records Ass'n 236 Ill. 2d 433 · cited by 59
• Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Springfield 292 Ill. 236 · cited by 59
• People v. Pecoraro 175 Ill. 2d 294 · cited by 59
• Harmon v. Auditor of Public Accounts 123 Ill. 122 · cited by 59
• Mohanty v. St. John Heart Clinic, S.C. 225 Ill. 2d 52 · cited by 59
• Van Matre v. Sankey 148 Ill. 536 · cited by 59
• People v. Clemons 2012 IL 107821 · cited by 59
• Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Allphin 60 Ill. 2d 350 · cited by 59
• In re Jonathon C.B. 2011 IL 107750 · cited by 59
• Fredman Bros. Furniture Co. v. Department of Revenue 93 Ill. Dec. 360 · cited by 59
• Tuite v. Corbitt 224 Ill. 2d 490 · cited by 59
• Walski v. Tiesenga 21 Ill. Dec. 201 · cited by 59
• People v. Howery 178 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 59
• Pauckner v. Wakem 231 Ill. 276 · cited by 59
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. O'Connor 119 Ill. 586 · cited by 58
• People v. Cosby 231 Ill. 2d 262 · cited by 58
• Meadowcroft v. People 163 Ill. 56 · cited by 58
• In Re Marriage of Schneider 214 Ill. 2d 152 · cited by 58
• Martin v. Martin 170 Ill. 18 · cited by 58
• People v. Morgan 2025 IL 130626 · cited by 58
• People v. Bew 228 Ill. 2d 122 · cited by 58
• People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election Commissioners 221 Ill. 9 · cited by 58
• Thomas v. Whitney 186 Ill. 225 · cited by 58
• The PEOPLE v. Hester 39 Ill. 2d 489 · cited by 58
• People v. Harris 427 Ill. Dec. 833 · cited by 58
• People v. Haynes 174 Ill. 2d 204 · cited by 58
• People v. Wipfler 11 Ill. Dec. 262 · cited by 58
• Frazer v. Howe 106 Ill. 563 · cited by 58
• People v. Williams 188 Ill. 2d 365 · cited by 58
• People v. Stringer 52 Ill. 2d 564 · cited by 58
• Van Horne v. Muller 185 Ill. 2d 299 · cited by 58
• O'Casek v. Children's Home & Aid Society 229 Ill. 2d 421 · cited by 58
• Midland Hotel Corp. v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. 113 Ill. Dec. 252 · cited by 58
• Cole v. Cole 19 L.R.A. 811 · cited by 58
• Goldie v. Werner 151 Ill. 551 · cited by 58
• People v. Foskey 136 Ill. 2d 66 · cited by 58
• State Bank of Lake Zurich v. Thill 100 Ill. Dec. 794 · cited by 58
• Collier v. Wagner Castings Co. 41 Ill. Dec. 776 · cited by 58
• Coari v. Olsen 91 Ill. 273 · cited by 58
• People v. Chupich 53 Ill. 2d 572 · cited by 57
• The People v. Hartgraves 31 Ill. 2d 375 · cited by 57
• Barr v. Kelso-Burnett Co. 88 Ill. Dec. 628 · cited by 57
• Inland Rubber Co. v. Industrial Commission 309 Ill. 43 · cited by 57
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of Chicago 140 Ill. 309 · cited by 57
• Turner v. Memorial Medical Center 233 Ill. 2d 494 · cited by 57
• People v. Schott 145 Ill. 2d 188 · cited by 57
• Kean v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 235 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 57
• People v. Harris 129 Ill. 2d 123 · cited by 57
• Fort Dearborn Lodge No. 214 v. Klein 115 Ill. 177 · cited by 57
• Brennan v. People 15 Ill. 511 · cited by 57
• Yarber v. Chicago & Alton Railway Co. 235 Ill. 589 · cited by 57
• The People v. Burson 11 Ill. 2d 360 · cited by 57
• Young v. Bryco Arms 213 Ill. 2d 433 · cited by 57
• People v. Pullen 192 Ill. 2d 36 · cited by 57
• People v. Wilkerson 57 Ill. Dec. 628 · cited by 57
• The People v. Coulson 13 Ill. 2d 290 · cited by 57
• Busch v. Graphic Color Corp. 169 Ill. 2d 325 · cited by 57
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Yapejian 152 Ill. 2d 533 · cited by 57
• Yates v. Royal Insurance 200 Ill. 202 · cited by 57
• Keogh v. Peck 316 Ill. 318 · cited by 57
• People Ex Rel. Birkett v. Konetski 233 Ill. 2d 185 · cited by 57
• Phoenix Insurance v. Rosen 242 Ill. 2d 48 · cited by 57
• The People v. Weinstein 35 Ill. 2d 467 · cited by 57
• Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke, Bosselman & Weaver 222 Ill. 2d 218 · cited by 57
• People v. M.D. 196 Ill. 2d 405 · cited by 57
• Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 1 L.R.A. 303 · cited by 57
• West v. Kirkham 147 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 57
• People v. Gaines 58 Ill. Dec. 795 · cited by 57
• People v. Harris 206 Ill. 2d 293 · cited by 57
• People v. Roddis 2020 IL 124352 · cited by 57
• Buckner v. Atlantic Plant Maintenance, Inc. 182 Ill. 2d 12 · cited by 57
• Keegan v. Geraghty 101 Ill. 26 · cited by 56
• Tom Olesker's Exciting World of Fashion, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. 61 Ill. 2d 129 · cited by 56
• Herzog v. Lexington Township 167 Ill. 2d 288 · cited by 56
• People v. Carter 208 Ill. 2d 309 · cited by 56
• McCutcheon v. People 69 Ill. 601 · cited by 56
• Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co. 56 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 56
• Blount v. Stroud 232 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 56
• Collins v. Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund 155 Ill. 2d 103 · cited by 56
• City of Chicago v. Fair Employment Practices Commission 2 Ill. Dec. 711 · cited by 56
• Torres v. Walsh 98 Ill. 2d 338 · cited by 56
• Cook v. Wood 24 Ill. 295 · cited by 56
• Village of Lake Villa v. Stokovich 211 Ill. 2d 106 · cited by 56
• People v. Cisewski 113 Ill. Dec. 58 · cited by 56
• People v. Leach 980 N.E.2d 570 · cited by 56
• The People v. Blumenshine 42 Ill. 2d 508 · cited by 56
• Murray v. Chicago Youth Center 224 Ill. 2d 213 · cited by 56
• Kinnare v. City of Chicago 171 Ill. 332 · cited by 56
• In Re Estate of Rennick 181 Ill. 2d 395 · cited by 56
• Wade v. City of North Chicago Police Pension Board 226 Ill. 2d 485 · cited by 56