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.

• Allaire v. St. Luke's Hospital 27 L.R.A. 2258 · cited by 56
• People ex rel. Woodyatt v. Thompson 155 Ill. 451 · cited by 56
• Business & Professional People for the Public Interest v. Illinois Commerce Commission 136 Ill. 2d 192 · cited by 56
• Maki v. Frelk 40 Ill. 2d 193 · cited by 56
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Clausen 173 Ill. 100 · cited by 55
• People v. Ward 101 Ill. Dec. 834 · cited by 55
• Elfman v. Evanston Bus Co. 27 Ill. 2d 609 · cited by 55
• Fritz v. Johnston 209 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 55
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Hessions 150 Ill. 546 · cited by 55
• Sinclair Pipe Line Co. v. Village of Richton Park 19 Ill. 2d 370 · cited by 55
• People v. Murray 137 Ill. 2d 382 · cited by 55
• York v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center 222 Ill. 2d 147 · cited by 55
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Hetherington 83 Ill. 510 · cited by 55
• In Re Gwynne P. 215 Ill. 2d 340 · cited by 55
• People v. Edwards 195 Ill. 2d 142 · cited by 55
• Scott & Fetzer Co. v. Montgomery Ward & Co. 98 Ill. Dec. 1 · cited by 55
• People ex rel. Stuckart v. Knopf 183 Ill. 410 · cited by 55
• People v. Jimerson 127 Ill. 2d 12 · cited by 55
• Ligare v. City of Chicago 139 Ill. 46 · cited by 55
• Holton v. Memorial Hospital 176 Ill. 2d 95 · cited by 55
• Zekman v. Direct American Marketers, Inc. 182 Ill. 2d 359 · cited by 55
• Davis v. Dale 150 Ill. 239 · cited by 55
• Ultsch v. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 226 Ill. 2d 169 · cited by 55
• Lance v. Senior 36 Ill. 2d 516 · cited by 55
• Ducker v. Burnham 146 Ill. 9 · cited by 55
• People v. Thingvold 145 Ill. 2d 441 · cited by 55
• People v. Evans 125 Ill. Dec. 790 · cited by 55
• Wheeler v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. 92 Ill. Dec. 561 · cited by 55
• Addison Insurance v. Fay 232 Ill. 2d 446 · cited by 54
• In Re Marriage of Rogers 213 Ill. 2d 129 · cited by 54
• People v. Hayes 139 Ill. 2d 89 · cited by 54
• Elmore v. Drainage Commissioners 135 Ill. 269 · cited by 54
• Camp Point Manufacturing Co. v. Ballou 71 Ill. 417 · cited by 54
• People v. McLaurin 443 Ill. Dec. 618 · cited by 54
• People v. Wright 2017 Ill. LEXIS 663 · cited by 54
• Schweihs v. Chase Home Finance, LLC 412 Ill. Dec. 882 · cited by 54
• People v. Hunter 104 N.E.3d 358 · cited by 54
• In re A.P. 981 N.E.2d 336 · cited by 54
• People v. Melock 149 Ill. 2d 423 · cited by 54
• Heastie v. Roberts 226 Ill. 2d 515 · cited by 54
• Shimanovsky v. General Motors Corp. 181 Ill. 2d 112 · cited by 54
• Ostrander v. Scott 161 Ill. 339 · cited by 54
• People v. Caballero 179 Ill. 2d 205 · cited by 54
• Freund v. Freund 218 Ill. 189 · cited by 54
• People v. Dennis 181 Ill. 2d 87 · cited by 54
• Lambert v. Alcorn 21 L.R.A. 611 · cited by 54
• Mattyasovszky v. West Towns Bus Co. 61 Ill. 2d 31 · cited by 54
• Crerar v. Williams 21 L.R.A. 454 · cited by 54
• Frazier v. Patterson 243 Ill. 80 · cited by 54
• Branson v. Department of Revenue 168 Ill. 2d 247 · cited by 54
• Ebey v. Adams 10 L.R.A. 162 · cited by 54
• Village of Bloomingdale v. CDG Enterprises, Inc. 196 Ill. 2d 484 · cited by 54
• In Re Leona W. 228 Ill. 2d 439 · cited by 54
• People v. Smith 191 Ill. 2d 408 · cited by 54
• City of Chicago v. Keefe 114 Ill. 222 · cited by 54
• Franciscan Sisters Health Care Corp. v. Dean 69 Ill. Dec. 960 · cited by 54
• Nottage v. Jeka 172 Ill. 2d 386 · cited by 54
• Flynn v. Vancil 41 Ill. 2d 236 · cited by 54
• People v. Stout 87 Ill. Dec. 521 · cited by 54
• People v. Brisbon 88 Ill. Dec. 87 · cited by 54
• In Re Commitment of Simons 213 Ill. 2d 523 · cited by 54
• Baker v. Copenbarger 15 Ill. 103 · cited by 54
• People v. McDonald 2016 IL 118882 · cited by 53
• Rothschild v. Village of Calumet Park 350 Ill. 330 · cited by 53
• People v. Cole 54 Ill. 2d 401 · cited by 53
• People v. Villarreal 198 Ill. 2d 209 · cited by 53
• People v. Addison 466 Ill. Dec. 735 · cited by 53
• People v. Winsett 153 Ill. 2d 335 · cited by 53
• People v. Cornelius 213 Ill. 2d 178 · cited by 53
• Clarendon Associates v. Korzen 56 Ill. 2d 101 · cited by 53
• Hayashi v. Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation 2014 IL 116023 · cited by 53
• People v. Housby 50 Ill. Dec. 834 · cited by 53
• People ex rel. McCagg v. Mayor of Chicago 51 Ill. 17 · cited by 53
• Texaco-Cities Service Pipeline Co. v. McGaw 182 Ill. 2d 262 · cited by 53
• Charles E. Harding Co. v. Harding 352 Ill. 417 · cited by 53
• People v. Nieves 193 Ill. 2d 513 · cited by 53
• People v. Bradley 38 Ill. Dec. 575 · cited by 53
• Western National Bank v. Village of Kildeer 19 Ill. 2d 342 · cited by 53
• In Re Marriage of Bates 212 Ill. 2d 489 · cited by 53
• Gaffney v. Board of Trustees of the Orland Fire Protection District 2012 IL 110012 · cited by 53
• Christy v. Elliott 216 Ill. 31 · cited by 53
• Cruse v. Aden 3 L.R.A. 327 · cited by 53
• People v. Curry 178 Ill. 2d 509 · cited by 53
• People v. Bowel 94 Ill. Dec. 748 · cited by 53
• People v. Smothers 55 Ill. 2d 172 · cited by 53
• People v. Lloyd 304 Ill. 23 · cited by 53
• People v. Cloutier 156 Ill. 2d 483 · cited by 53
• People v. Fuller 205 Ill. 2d 308 · cited by 53
• People v. Roberts 25 Ill. Dec. 675 · cited by 53
• People v. Gerold 265 Ill. 448 · cited by 53
• Metzger v. DaRosa 209 Ill. 2d 30 · cited by 53
• Village of Carterville v. Cook 4 L.R.A. 731 · cited by 53
• Braun v. Craven 42 L.R.A. 199 · cited by 53
• Calumet Iron & Steel Co. v. Martin 115 Ill. 358 · cited by 53
• Amann v. Faidy 415 Ill. 422 · cited by 52
• R.W. Dunteman Co. v. C/G Enterprises Inc. 181 Ill. 2d 153 · cited by 52
• People v. Nitz 143 Ill. 2d 82 · cited by 52
• People v. Wagener 196 Ill. 2d 269 · cited by 52
• Fancil v. Q.S.E. Foods, Inc. 60 Ill. 2d 552 · cited by 52
• Morgan v. Parents of M.M. 156 Ill. 2d 53 · cited by 52
• People Ex Rel. Ward v. Moran 54 Ill. 2d 552 · cited by 52
• People v. Johnson 115 Ill. Dec. 575 · cited by 52
• People v. Lloyd 2013 IL 113510 · cited by 52
• Hunt v. Blasius 23 Ill. Dec. 574 · cited by 52
• People v. Kester 5 Ill. Dec. 246 · cited by 52
• People v. Patrick 233 Ill. 2d 62 · cited by 52
• In Re Thebus 91 Ill. Dec. 623 · cited by 52
• Murphy v. Urso 58 Ill. Dec. 828 · cited by 52
• Krohe v. City of Bloomington 204 Ill. 2d 392 · cited by 52
• People ex rel. Morrison v. Cregier 138 Ill. 401 · cited by 52
• People v. Emerson 74 Ill. Dec. 11 · cited by 52
• People v. Thompson 209 Ill. 2d 19 · cited by 52
• Cunningham v. MacNeal Memorial Hospital 47 Ill. 2d 443 · cited by 52
• Metz v. Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co. 32 Ill. 2d 446 · cited by 52
• Winnett v. Winnett 57 Ill. 2d 7 · cited by 52
• Sylvester v. Industrial Commission 197 Ill. 2d 225 · cited by 52
• Krieger v. Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad 242 Ill. 544 · cited by 52
• People v. Hopp 209 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 52
• Craft v. McConoughy 79 Ill. 346 · cited by 52
• City of Beardstown v. City of Virginia 76 Ill. 34 · cited by 52
• People v. Munday 280 Ill. 32 · cited by 52
• Spangler v. Jacoby 14 Ill. 297 · cited by 52
• People v. Williams 209 Ill. 2d 227 · cited by 52
• Exelon Corp. v. Department of Revenue 234 Ill. 2d 266 · cited by 52
• Arms v. Ayer 58 L.R.A. 277 · cited by 52
• People v. Lerma 2016 IL 118496 · cited by 52
• Borowski v. Von Solbrig 60 Ill. 2d 418 · cited by 52
• Kalata v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 144 Ill. 2d 425 · cited by 52
• Land v. Board of Educ. of City of Chicago 202 Ill. 2d 414 · cited by 52
• Nudd v. Matsoukas 7 Ill. 2d 608 · cited by 52
• Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Shacklet 105 Ill. 364 · cited by 52
• American Family Mutual Insurance v. Savickas 193 Ill. 2d 378 · cited by 52
• Cook Associates, Inc. v. Lexington United Corp. 57 Ill. Dec. 730 · cited by 52
• Niven v. Siqueira 94 Ill. Dec. 60 · cited by 52
• The People v. Damen 28 Ill. 2d 464 · cited by 52
• People v. Franklin 135 Ill. 2d 78 · cited by 52
• People v. Viser 62 Ill. 2d 568 · cited by 52
• Chicago & North Western Railroad v. Swett 45 Ill. 197 · cited by 52
• McJilton v. Love 13 Ill. 486 · cited by 51
• People v. Dupree 2018 IL 122307 · cited by 51
• American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. NAT. ADVERTISING CO. 149 Ill. 2d 14 · cited by 51
• Chapman v. Kirby 49 Ill. 211 · cited by 51
• Hills v. Bridgeview Little League Ass'n 195 Ill. 2d 210 · cited by 51
• Kotecki v. Cyclops Welding Corp. 146 Ill. 2d 155 · cited by 51
• 2314 Lincoln Park West Condominium Ass'n v. Mann, Gin, Ebel & Frazier, Ltd. 136 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 51
• Field v. Barling 24 L.R.A. 406 · cited by 51
• People v. Cregan 2014 IL 113600 · cited by 51
• Owens v. Ranstead 22 Ill. 161 · cited by 51
• Williamsburg City Fire Insurance v. Cary 83 Ill. 453 · cited by 51
• Pratt v. Davis 224 Ill. 300 · cited by 51
• People v. Williams 204 Ill. 2d 191 · cited by 51
• People v. Munson 171 Ill. 2d 158 · cited by 51
• Mieher v. Brown 54 Ill. 2d 539 · cited by 51
• Chicago Railways Co. v. Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Chicago Motor Coach Co. 336 Ill. 51 · cited by 51
• Blanchard v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. 126 Ill. 416 · cited by 51
• Orthwein v. Thomas 4 L.R.A. 434 · cited by 51
• Almgren v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center 162 Ill. 2d 205 · cited by 51
• People v. Braggs 209 Ill. 2d 492 · cited by 51
• People v. Jones 175 Ill. 2d 126 · cited by 51
• Bloomington Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Blue 120 Ill. 121 · cited by 51
• Pardridge v. Cutler 168 Ill. 504 · cited by 51
• People v. Jackson 463 Ill. Dec. 853 · cited by 51
• People v. Davis 69 Ill. Dec. 136 · cited by 51
• People v. Terry 77 Ill. Dec. 442 · cited by 51
• People v. Bryant 101 Ill. Dec. 825 · cited by 51
• People ex rel. Klokke v. Wright 70 Ill. 388 · cited by 51
• Carlton v. People 150 Ill. 181 · cited by 51
• People v. Beauchamp 241 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 51
• The People v. Carpenter 28 Ill. 2d 116 · cited by 51
• Happel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 199 Ill. 2d 179 · cited by 51
• State v. Mikusch 138 Ill. 2d 242 · cited by 51
• Kurtz v. Hibner 55 Ill. 514 · cited by 51
• Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc. v. Thompson 91 Ill. Dec. 610 · cited by 51
• DeSMET EX REL. v. County of Rock Island 219 Ill. 2d 497 · cited by 51
• Dickey v. Reed 78 Ill. 261 · cited by 51
• In re N.G. 2018 IL 121939 · cited by 51
• Petersen v. Hubschman Construction Co. 27 Ill. Dec. 746 · cited by 51
• Snyder v. Curran Township 167 Ill. 2d 466 · cited by 51
• Rich v. Principal Life Insurance 226 Ill. 2d 359 · cited by 51
• Republic Life Insurance v. Swigert 12 L.R.A. 328 · cited by 51
• Beach v. Miller 130 Ill. 162 · cited by 51
• Parks v. Kownacki 193 Ill. 2d 164 · cited by 51
• Reese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 55 Ill. 2d 356 · cited by 50
• Devine v. Board of Commissioners 84 Ill. 590 · cited by 50
• The People v. Solomon 24 Ill. 2d 586 · cited by 50
• Adames v. Sheahan 233 Ill. 2d 276 · cited by 50
• Culver v. People ex rel. Kochersperger 161 Ill. 89 · cited by 50
• Linn v. Sigsbee 67 Ill. 75 · cited by 50
• City of Chicago v. Gage 95 Ill. 593 · cited by 50
• People v. Slater 228 Ill. 2d 137 · cited by 50
• People v. Eddmonds 77 Ill. Dec. 724 · cited by 50
• Johnson v. Edgar 176 Ill. 2d 499 · cited by 50
• People v. Hickman 163 Ill. 2d 250 · cited by 50
• Droste v. Kerner 34 Ill. 2d 495 · cited by 50
• Hopps v. People 31 Ill. 385 · cited by 50
• Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 432 Ill. Dec. 654 · cited by 50
• People v. Simpson 204 Ill. 2d 536 · cited by 50
• People v. Simms 143 Ill. 2d 154 · cited by 50
• People v. Dabbs 239 Ill. 2d 277 · cited by 50
• Plaster v. Plaster 47 Ill. 290 · cited by 50