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.

• Sack v. Dolese 137 Ill. 129 · cited by 47
• Fisher v. Lexington Health Care, Inc. 188 Ill. 2d 455 · cited by 47
• People v. Almond 2015 IL 113817 · cited by 46
• People Ex Rel. Fahner v. Carriage Way West, Inc. 58 Ill. Dec. 754 · cited by 46
• People v. Davis 199 Ill. 2d 130 · cited by 46
• Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. Garrity 115 Ill. 155 · cited by 46
• People v. Robinson 79 Ill. 2d 147 · cited by 46
• Higgins v. Lansingh 154 Ill. 301 · cited by 46
• Phenix Insurance v. Stocks 149 Ill. 319 · cited by 46
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Story 73 Ill. 541 · cited by 46
• McInerney v. Charter Golf, Inc. 176 Ill. 2d 482 · cited by 46
• Urbaitis v. Commonwealth Edison 143 Ill. 2d 458 · cited by 46
• Allegis Realty Investors v. Novak 223 Ill. 2d 318 · cited by 46
• People ex rel. Harless v. Hatch 33 Ill. 9 · cited by 46
• Lippman v. People 175 Ill. 101 · cited by 46
• The PEOPLE v. Ashley 34 Ill. 2d 402 · cited by 46
• Dix Mutual Insurance v. LaFramboise 149 Ill. 2d 314 · cited by 46
• Allen v. Meyer 14 Ill. 2d 284 · cited by 46
• The People v. Kidd 398 Ill. 405 · cited by 46
• People v. Atkinson 186 Ill. 2d 450 · cited by 46
• Dement v. Rokker 126 Ill. 174 · cited by 46
• People v. Terrell 132 Ill. 2d 178 · cited by 46
• Ogle v. Fuiten 80 Ill. Dec. 772 · cited by 46
• Bartholomew v. People 104 Ill. 601 · cited by 46
• People v. Howard 147 Ill. 2d 103 · cited by 46
• Globe Accident Insurance v. Gerisch 163 Ill. 625 · cited by 46
• People v. Cabrera 108 Ill. Dec. 397 · cited by 46
• First National Bank v. Illinois Steel Co. 174 Ill. 140 · cited by 46
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. City of Chicago 148 Ill. 141 · cited by 46
• Rosewood Corp. v. Fisher 46 Ill. 2d 249 · cited by 46
• Woodhouse v. Crandall 58 L.R.A. 385 · cited by 46
• Jack Spring, Inc. v. Little 50 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 46
• Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Continental Can Co. 301 Ill. 102 · cited by 46
• People v. Hoskins 78 Ill. Dec. 107 · cited by 46
• People v. Johnson 128 Ill. 2d 253 · cited by 46
• People v. Campbell 224 Ill. 2d 80 · cited by 46
• People v. Shatner 174 Ill. 2d 133 · cited by 46
• People v. Urbasek 38 Ill. 2d 535 · cited by 46
• City of Chicago v. Seben 165 Ill. 371 · cited by 46
• Merchants' National Bank v. Nichols & Shepard Co. 223 Ill. 41 · cited by 46
• People v. Pfanschmidt 262 Ill. 411 · cited by 46
• New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Blumenthal 160 Ill. 40 · cited by 46
• Melena v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. 219 Ill. 2d 135 · cited by 46
• In re M.I. 2016 IL 120232 · cited by 46
• Davis v. Marathon Oil Co. 1 Ill. Dec. 93 · cited by 46
• People v. Bratcher 63 Ill. 2d 534 · cited by 46
• Jackson v. Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago 975 N.E.2d 583 · cited by 46
• Town of Waltham v. Kemper 55 Ill. 346 · cited by 46
• People v. Wills 61 Ill. 2d 105 · cited by 46
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Siler 229 Ill. 390 · cited by 46
• Sears v. Sears 52 Ill. Dec. 608 · cited by 46
• Curtis v. County of Cook 74 Ill. Dec. 614 · cited by 46
• Webster v. Hartman 195 Ill. 2d 426 · cited by 46
• Iseberg v. Gross 227 Ill. 2d 78 · cited by 46
• People v. Carney 196 Ill. 2d 518 · cited by 46
• Schumann-Heink v. Folsom 328 Ill. 321 · cited by 46
• Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage District 236 Ill. 36 · cited by 46
• Brockmeyer v. Duncan 18 Ill. 2d 502 · cited by 46
• People v. Robinson 60 Ill. Dec. 632 · cited by 45
• Harris v. Lester 80 Ill. 307 · cited by 45
• Bland v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 107 Ill. Dec. 236 · cited by 45
• Behrensmeyer v. Kreitz 135 Ill. 591 · cited by 45
• Fergus v. Brady 277 Ill. 272 · cited by 45
• People v. Turner 128 Ill. 2d 540 · cited by 45
• DOE EX REL. v. Chicago Bd. of Educ. 213 Ill. 2d 19 · cited by 45
• People v. Morgan 187 Ill. 2d 500 · cited by 45
• Zedella v. Gibson 165 Ill. 2d 181 · cited by 45
• The People v. Crews 38 Ill. 2d 331 · cited by 45
• Sexton v. Chicago Storage Co. 129 Ill. 318 · cited by 45
• People v. Ramsey 239 Ill. 2d 342 · cited by 45
• People Ex Rel. Conn v. Randolph 35 Ill. 2d 24 · cited by 45
• Harpham v. Whitney 77 Ill. 32 · cited by 45
• Horwitz v. Holabird & Root 212 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 45
• Wilcox v. Bierd 330 Ill. 571 · cited by 45
• People v. Gonzalez 142 Ill. 2d 481 · cited by 45
• People v. Galvin 127 Ill. 2d 153 · cited by 45
• People v. Clay 55 Ill. 2d 501 · cited by 45
• Blumenthal v. Brewer 2016 IL 118781 · cited by 45
• Jenkins v. Wu 82 Ill. Dec. 382 · cited by 45
• Winter v. Barrett 352 Ill. 441 · cited by 45
• Palm v. 2800 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Assn'n 2013 IL 110505 · cited by 45
• Chicago Park District v. Kenroy, Inc. 37 Ill. Dec. 291 · cited by 45
• People v. Gray 251 Ill. 431 · cited by 45
• People v. Houston 226 Ill. 2d 135 · cited by 45
• People v. Greco 204 Ill. 2d 400 · cited by 45
• In re C.E. 161 Ill. 2d 200 · cited by 45
• Simmons v. Union Electric Co. 85 Ill. Dec. 347 · cited by 45
• People v. Barnard 83 Ill. Dec. 585 · cited by 45
• Dee v. City of Peru 343 Ill. 36 · cited by 45
• People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Goodman 366 Ill. 346 · cited by 45
• McCartney v. Osburn 118 Ill. 403 · cited by 45
• People v. McDonough 239 Ill. 2d 260 · cited by 45
• Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Industrial Commission 129 Ill. 2d 52 · cited by 45
• Gindrat v. People 138 Ill. 103 · cited by 45
• Petersen v. Wallach 198 Ill. 2d 439 · cited by 45
• Janes v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n 57 Ill. 2d 398 · cited by 45
• Telford v. Patton 144 Ill. 611 · cited by 45
• People of Illinois v. Myers 55 Ill. Dec. 389 · cited by 45
• Ostendorf v. International Harvester Co. 89 Ill. 2d 273 · cited by 45
• Golden Rule Insurance v. Schwartz 203 Ill. 2d 456 · cited by 45
• O'Brien v. Chicago City Railway Co. 305 Ill. 244 · cited by 45
• People v. Smith 195 Ill. 2d 179 · cited by 45
• Illinois Central Railroad v. O'Keefe 154 Ill. 508 · cited by 45
• People v. Thomas 171 Ill. 2d 207 · cited by 45
• People v. Thomas 198 Ill. 2d 103 · cited by 45
• People v. Morgan 97 Ill. Dec. 430 · cited by 45
• People v. Foster 115 Ill. Dec. 557 · cited by 45
• People v. Tenney 205 Ill. 2d 411 · cited by 45
• People v. Yates 75 Ill. Dec. 188 · cited by 45
• Laue v. Leifheit 85 Ill. Dec. 340 · cited by 44
• Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue 236 Ill. 2d 368 · cited by 44
• People v. Kirchner 194 Ill. 2d 502 · cited by 44
• Loverin v. McLaughlin 161 Ill. 417 · cited by 44
• People v. Thomas 137 Ill. 2d 500 · cited by 44
• Richelieu Hotel Co. v. International Military Encampment Co. 140 Ill. 248 · cited by 44
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Wilcox 21 L.R.A. 76 · cited by 44
• People v. James 163 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 44
• People v. Glisson 202 Ill. 2d 499 · cited by 44
• Hayes v. Mercy Hospital & Medical Center 136 Ill. 2d 450 · cited by 44
• Barnes v. Washington 56 Ill. 2d 22 · cited by 44
• People v. Terrell 185 Ill. 2d 467 · cited by 44
• Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. v. Hansen 176 Ill. 100 · cited by 44
• Catalano v. Pechous 50 Ill. Dec. 242 · cited by 44
• Decker v. Decker 121 Ill. 341 · cited by 44
• Conway v. City of Chicago 237 Ill. 128 · cited by 44
• In re Custody of Townsend 56 Ill. Dec. 685 · cited by 44
• Swift & Co. v. Madden 165 Ill. 41 · cited by 44
• People ex rel. Longenecker v. Nelson 133 Ill. 565 · cited by 44
• Doyle v. Holy Cross Hospital 186 Ill. 2d 104 · cited by 44
• Brucker v. Mercola 227 Ill. 2d 502 · cited by 44
• City of Chicago v. Collins 49 L.R.A. 408 · cited by 44
• Greinke v. Chicago City Railway Co. 234 Ill. 564 · cited by 44
• Kelley v. Kelley 317 Ill. 104 · cited by 44
• Lyman v. Gedney 114 Ill. 388 · cited by 44
• Baker v. Scott 62 Ill. 86 · cited by 44
• The People v. Strong 21 Ill. 2d 320 · cited by 44
• People v. Condon 148 Ill. 2d 96 · cited by 44
• People v. Willingham 59 Ill. Dec. 917 · cited by 44
• Carver v. Sheriff of La Salle County 203 Ill. 2d 497 · cited by 44
• Andrews v. Foxworthy 15 Ill. Dec. 648 · cited by 44
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Nowicki 148 Ill. 29 · cited by 44
• N. K. Fairbank Co. v. Industrial Commission 285 Ill. 11 · cited by 44
• Du Page Forklift Service, Inc. v. Material Handling Services, Inc. 195 Ill. 2d 71 · cited by 44
• Deckard v. Joiner 44 Ill. 2d 412 · cited by 44
• Walldren Express & Van Co. v. Krug 291 Ill. 472 · cited by 44
• Howlett v. Doglio 402 Ill. 311 · cited by 44
• Wightman v. Wightman 45 Ill. 167 · cited by 44
• Morr-Fitz, Inc. v. Blagojevich 231 Ill. 2d 474 · cited by 44
• Pope v. Hanke 28 L.R.A. 568 · cited by 44
• Schneider v. Turner 6 L.R.A. 164 · cited by 44
• People v. Gonzalez 184 Ill. 2d 402 · cited by 44
• People ex rel. Akin v. Loeffler 175 Ill. 585 · cited by 44
• People v. Andrews 146 Ill. 2d 413 · cited by 44
• People v. Stephanie L. 236 Ill. 2d 329 · cited by 44
• The PEOPLE v. Holiday 47 Ill. 2d 300 · cited by 44
• Poyer v. Village of Des Plaines 123 Ill. 111 · cited by 44
• People v. Rivera 198 Ill. 2d 364 · cited by 44
• People v. Meeks 44 Ill. Dec. 103 · cited by 44
• George v. People 167 Ill. 447 · cited by 44
• People v. Cox 195 Ill. 2d 378 · cited by 44
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Carroll 206 Ill. 318 · cited by 44
• The People v. Trefonas 9 Ill. 2d 92 · cited by 44
• People v. Alejos 74 Ill. Dec. 18 · cited by 44
• Kanerva v. Weems 2014 IL 115811 · cited by 44
• People v. Boykin 68 Ill. Dec. 321 · cited by 44
• People v. Barrow 195 Ill. 2d 506 · cited by 44
• Parker v. Orr 30 L.R.A. 227 · cited by 44
• City of Alton v. Illinois Transportation Co. 12 Ill. 38 · cited by 44
• People v. Pier 51 Ill. 2d 96 · cited by 44
• Hoyne v. Danisch 264 Ill. 467 · cited by 44
• People v. Hackett 971 N.E.2d 1058 · cited by 44
• Kellett v. Shepard 139 Ill. 433 · cited by 44
• People v. McKibbins 70 Ill. Dec. 474 · cited by 43
• People v. Roberts 214 Ill. 2d 106 · cited by 43
• People v. Cherry 2016 IL 118728 · cited by 43
• People v. Bryant 69 Ill. Dec. 84 · cited by 43
• United States Life Insurance v. Vocke 129 Ill. 557 · cited by 43
• People v. Burbank 53 Ill. 2d 261 · cited by 43
• People v. Towns 182 Ill. 2d 491 · cited by 43
• People v. Salem 2016 IL 118693 · cited by 43
• People v. Crump 5 Ill. 2d 251 · cited by 43
• Davis v. Hamlin 108 Ill. 39 · cited by 43
• Pacific Hotel Co. v. Lieb 83 Ill. 602 · cited by 43
• Heuser v. Harris 42 Ill. 425 · cited by 43
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Johnsen 135 Ill. 641 · cited by 43
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. v. Griffin 68 Ill. 499 · cited by 43
• RELIABLE FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. v. Arredondo 358 Ill. Dec. 322 · cited by 43
• Deal v. Byford 127 Ill. 2d 192 · cited by 43
• People v. Donaldson 61 Ill. Dec. 780 · cited by 43
• People Ex Rel. Terry v. Fisher 12 Ill. 2d 231 · cited by 43
• Adams v. People 47 Ill. 376 · cited by 43
• People v. Rolandis G. 232 Ill. 2d 13 · cited by 43
• Senn Park Nursing Center v. Miller 83 Ill. Dec. 609 · cited by 43
• People v. Heider 231 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 43
• People v. White 111 Ill. Dec. 288 · cited by 43
• Pasquale v. Speed Products Engineering 166 Ill. 2d 337 · cited by 43
• People v. Mink 141 Ill. 2d 163 · cited by 43
• Coursey v. Greater Niles Township Publishing Corp. 40 Ill. 2d 257 · cited by 43
• Republic Steel Corp. v. Industrial Commission 26 Ill. 2d 32 · cited by 43
• Home Savings Bank v. Bierstadt 168 Ill. 618 · cited by 43