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. Christopher K. 217 Ill. 2d 348 · cited by 43
• Harrison v. Hardin County Community Unit School District No. 1 197 Ill. 2d 466 · cited by 43
• People v. Rivera 2013 IL 112467 · cited by 43
• People v. Tate 57 Ill. Dec. 572 · cited by 43
• People v. Love 199 Ill. 2d 269 · cited by 43
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Cobb, Christy & Co. 64 Ill. 128 · cited by 43
• Cunningham v. Brown 22 Ill. 2d 23 · cited by 43
• Wilson v. Hoffman Group, Inc. 131 Ill. 2d 308 · cited by 43
• The PEOPLE v. Whittington 46 Ill. 2d 405 · cited by 43
• Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Wilson 189 Ill. 89 · cited by 43
• Kingsbury v. Burnside 58 Ill. 310 · cited by 43
• Morton v. People 47 Ill. 468 · cited by 43
• Newkirk v. Bigard 92 Ill. Dec. 510 · cited by 43
• Bernier v. Illinois Central Railroad 296 Ill. 464 · cited by 43
• Webster Manufacturing Co. v. Nisbett 205 Ill. 273 · cited by 43
• Zimmerman v. Village of Skokie 183 Ill. 2d 30 · cited by 43
• People v. Lee 214 Ill. 2d 476 · cited by 43
• Standard Mutual Insurance Co. v. Lay 2013 IL 114617 · cited by 43
• People v. Davis 145 Ill. 2d 240 · cited by 43
• The PEOPLE v. Halteman 10 Ill. 2d 74 · cited by 43
• People v. Wilson 214 Ill. 2d 127 · cited by 43
• Progressive Universal Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance 215 Ill. 2d 121 · cited by 43
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Tuohy 58 L.R.A. 270 · cited by 43
• Daughetee v. Ohio Oil Co. 263 Ill. 518 · cited by 43
• Dolese v. Pierce 124 Ill. 140 · cited by 43
• Murgic v. Granite City Trust & Savings Bank 31 Ill. 2d 587 · cited by 43
• Pekin Cooperage Co. v. Industrial Commission 285 Ill. 31 · cited by 43
• People v. Byron 164 Ill. 2d 279 · cited by 43
• Knass v. Madison & Kedzie State Bank 354 Ill. 554 · cited by 43
• Clinton Wire Cloth Co. v. Gardner 99 Ill. 151 · cited by 43
• People v. Jones 211 Ill. 2d 140 · cited by 43
• Walker v. Tucker 70 Ill. 527 · cited by 43
• The PEOPLE v. Nettles 23 Ill. 2d 306 · cited by 43
• Glover v. Condell 35 L.R.A. 360 · cited by 43
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Eicher 202 Ill. 556 · cited by 43
• People v. Gleckler 44 Ill. Dec. 483 · cited by 43
• People ex rel. Cummings v. Head 25 Ill. 325 · cited by 43
• Harding v. Harding 21 L.R.A. 310 · cited by 43
• Johnson v. Johnson 114 Ill. 611 · cited by 43
• Hawthorn v. People 109 Ill. 302 · cited by 43
• The People v. MacK 12 Ill. 2d 151 · cited by 43
• Schultz v. NORTHEAST ILL. REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORP. 201 Ill. 2d 260 · cited by 43
• Johnson v. Johnson 125 Ill. 510 · cited by 43
• Calvert v. Carpenter 96 Ill. 63 · cited by 42
• The PEOPLE v. Hamby 32 Ill. 2d 291 · cited by 42
• City of Chicago v. O'Brennan 65 Ill. 160 · cited by 42
• Board of Supervisors of Schuyler County v. People ex rel. Rock Island & Alton Railroad 25 Ill. 181 · cited by 42
• Kreitz v. Behrensmeyer 125 Ill. 141 · cited by 42
• Gill v. Foster 157 Ill. 2d 304 · cited by 42
• Esser v. McIntyre 169 Ill. 2d 292 · cited by 42
• People v. Thomas 178 Ill. 2d 215 · cited by 42
• Pennsylvania Co. v. Ellett 132 Ill. 654 · cited by 42
• People v. Joseph 99 Ill. Dec. 120 · cited by 42
• People v. MacK 128 Ill. 2d 231 · cited by 42
• City of Chicago v. Powers 42 Ill. 169 · cited by 42
• Kallenbach v. Dickinson 100 Ill. 427 · cited by 42
• Pennsylvania Co. v. Lynch 90 Ill. 333 · cited by 42
• City of Geneseo v. Illinois Northern Utilities Co. 378 Ill. 506 · cited by 42
• People v. Davis 72 Ill. Dec. 272 · cited by 42
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Clark 108 Ill. 113 · cited by 42
• People ex rel. Cant v. Crossley 261 Ill. 78 · cited by 42
• Moy v. County of Cook 159 Ill. 2d 519 · cited by 42
• Troman v. Wood 62 Ill. 2d 184 · cited by 42
• Lawson v. G. D. Searle & Co. 1 Ill. Dec. 497 · cited by 42
• People v. Kidd 175 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 42
• Wunderle v. Wunderle 19 L.R.A. 84 · cited by 42
• Zeigler v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank 245 Ill. 180 · cited by 42
• The People v. Love 39 Ill. 2d 436 · cited by 42
• People v. Hudson 228 Ill. 2d 181 · cited by 42
• Hanrahan v. Williams 174 Ill. 2d 268 · cited by 42
• People v. Brocksmith 162 Ill. 2d 224 · cited by 42
• People v. Reese 2017 Ill. LEXIS 1079 · cited by 42
• People Ex Rel. Burris v. Progressive Land Developers, Inc. 151 Ill. 2d 285 · cited by 42
• Bubb v. Springfield School District 186 167 Ill. 2d 372 · cited by 42
• People v. DiVincenzo 183 Ill. 2d 239 · cited by 42
• Hake v. Strubel 121 Ill. 321 · cited by 42
• People v. Haynes 192 Ill. 2d 437 · cited by 42
• Sheridan v. Colvin 78 Ill. 237 · cited by 42
• People v. Wilson 106 Ill. Dec. 771 · cited by 42
• Delaney v. Delaney 175 Ill. 187 · cited by 42
• In re M.I. 2013 IL 113776 · cited by 42
• Rhoades v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 35 Ill. Dec. 680 · cited by 42
• People v. Harris 17 Ill. Dec. 838 · cited by 42
• City of Elgin v. Eaton 83 Ill. 535 · cited by 42
• Mathews v. People 63 L.R.A. 73 · cited by 42
• Kadish v. Young 108 Ill. 170 · cited by 42
• Williams v. Vanderbilt 21 L.R.A. 489 · cited by 42
• People v. Lawler 142 Ill. 2d 548 · cited by 42
• Cockrum v. Baumgartner 69 Ill. Dec. 168 · cited by 42
• People v. Parker 223 Ill. 2d 494 · cited by 42
• Grand Lodge Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. Wieting 168 Ill. 408 · cited by 42
• People ex rel. Dunham v. Morgan 90 Ill. 558 · cited by 42
• Bullard v. Barnes 82 Ill. Dec. 448 · cited by 42
• Claflin v. Dunne 129 Ill. 241 · cited by 42
• Coverdale v. Royal Arcanum 193 Ill. 91 · cited by 42
• People v. Free 119 Ill. Dec. 325 · cited by 42
• Joliet Steel Co. v. Shields 134 Ill. 209 · cited by 42
• Checkley v. Illinois Central Railroad 257 Ill. 491 · cited by 42
• In Re Marriage of Mitchell 181 Ill. 2d 169 · cited by 42
• Fletcher v. Tuttle 25 L.R.A. 143 · cited by 42
• Lulay v. Lulay 193 Ill. 2d 455 · cited by 42
• North Chicago Street Railroad v. Dudgeon 184 Ill. 477 · cited by 42
• Poe v. Ulrey 233 Ill. 56 · cited by 42
• People v. Joyner 50 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 42
• American Car & Foundry Co. v. Armentraut 214 Ill. 509 · cited by 42
• Richardson v. Chapman 175 Ill. 2d 98 · cited by 42
• Anderson v. Steger 173 Ill. 112 · cited by 42
• People v. Whitney 188 Ill. 2d 91 · cited by 42
• Springer v. Ford 52 L.R.A. 930 · cited by 42
• Deibeikis v. Link-Belt Co. 261 Ill. 454 · cited by 42
• Jackson v. TLC Associates, Inc. 185 Ill. 2d 418 · cited by 42
• People v. Queen 56 Ill. 2d 560 · cited by 41
• Nowak v. City of Country Club Hills 354 Ill. Dec. 825 · cited by 41
• Armour v. Golkowska 202 Ill. 144 · cited by 41
• Phenix Insurance v. Hart 149 Ill. 513 · cited by 41
• Scown v. Czarnecki 264 Ill. 305 · cited by 41
• Crum v. Sawyer 132 Ill. 443 · cited by 41
• Gerill Corp. v. Jack L. Hargrove Builders, Inc. 128 Ill. 2d 179 · cited by 41
• People v. McKown 236 Ill. 2d 278 · cited by 41
• People v. De La Paz 204 Ill. 2d 426 · cited by 41
• Cincinnati Companies v. West American Insurance 183 Ill. 2d 317 · cited by 41
• Vine Street Clinic v. HealthLink, Inc. 222 Ill. 2d 276 · cited by 41
• In re M.M. 2016 IL 119932 · cited by 41
• People v. Pollock 202 Ill. 2d 189 · cited by 41
• Summers v. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. 153 Ill. 102 · cited by 41
• People v. Adams 131 Ill. 2d 387 · cited by 41
• In Re Custody of Harne 33 Ill. Dec. 110 · cited by 41
• Rucker v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 33 Ill. Dec. 145 · cited by 41
• Gundling v. City of Chicago 48 L.R.A. 230 · cited by 41
• Krautsack v. Anderson 223 Ill. 2d 541 · cited by 41
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Leiner 202 Ill. 624 · cited by 41
• Mittelman v. Witous 135 Ill. 2d 220 · cited by 41
• Rouse v. Thompson 228 Ill. 522 · cited by 41
• People v. Oaks 169 Ill. 2d 409 · cited by 41
• City of Chicago v. Gunning System 70 L.R.A. 230 · cited by 41
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Maher 91 Ill. 312 · cited by 41
• The People v. Nelson 41 Ill. 2d 364 · cited by 41
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Dunn 52 Ill. 260 · cited by 41
• DeLuna v. St. Elizabeth's Hospital 147 Ill. 2d 57 · cited by 41
• Salsitz v. Kreiss 198 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 41
• The People v. Nicholls 42 Ill. 2d 91 · cited by 41
• White v. Sherman 168 Ill. 589 · cited by 41
• City of Chicago v. McGiven 78 Ill. 347 · cited by 41
• Linington v. Strong 107 Ill. 295 · cited by 41
• Sargent Co. v. Baublis 215 Ill. 428 · cited by 41
• People v. Bailey 167 Ill. 2d 210 · cited by 41
• Giacopelli v. Florence Crittenton Home 16 Ill. 2d 556 · cited by 41
• People v. Erickson 161 Ill. 2d 82 · cited by 41
• Dowie v. Driscoll 203 Ill. 480 · cited by 41
• High Court Independent Order of Foresters v. Schweitzer 171 Ill. 325 · cited by 41
• Joiner v. Benton Community Bank 44 Ill. Dec. 260 · cited by 41
• Choteau v. Jones 11 Ill. 300 · cited by 41
• People v. Tidwell 236 Ill. 2d 150 · cited by 41
• Board of Supervisors v. City of Lincoln 81 Ill. 156 · cited by 41
• People v. Emerson 119 Ill. Dec. 250 · cited by 41
• People v. Lockett 45 Ill. Dec. 900 · cited by 41
• Cunningham v. Huffman 154 Ill. 2d 398 · cited by 41
• People v. Warren 173 Ill. 2d 348 · cited by 41
• Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co. 366 Ill. Dec. 258 · cited by 41
• People v. Johnson 225 Ill. 2d 573 · cited by 41
• LVNV Funding, LLC v. Trice 2015 IL 116129 · cited by 41
• Penn v. Bornman 102 Ill. 523 · cited by 41
• Altevogt v. Brinkoetter 85 Ill. 2d 44 · cited by 41
• People v. Agnew 85 Ill. Dec. 514 · cited by 41
• The People v. Fosdick 36 Ill. 2d 524 · cited by 41
• Wolczek v. Public Service Co. 342 Ill. 482 · cited by 41
• People v. Hauschild 226 Ill. 2d 63 · cited by 41
• People v. Abney 41 Ill. Dec. 45 · cited by 41
• People v. Orange 168 Ill. 2d 138 · cited by 41
• Honselman v. People 168 Ill. 172 · cited by 41
• La Throp v. Bell Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n 12 Ill. Dec. 565 · cited by 41
• People v. P.H. 145 Ill. 2d 209 · cited by 41
• People v. Jones 168 Ill. 2d 367 · cited by 41
• People v. O'NEAL 125 Ill. 2d 291 · cited by 41
• Pyle v. Ferrell 12 Ill. 2d 547 · cited by 41
• People v. Erickson 117 Ill. 2d 271 · cited by 41
• Thorpe v. Mahin 43 Ill. 2d 36 · cited by 41
• People ex rel. Miller v. Cooper 83 Ill. 585 · cited by 41
• People v. Luis R. 239 Ill. 2d 295 · cited by 41
• The People v. Gambony 402 Ill. 74 · cited by 41
• Ruhstrat v. People 49 L.R.A. 181 · cited by 41
• Ward v. Farwell 97 Ill. 593 · cited by 41
• Browne v. Siegel 191 Ill. 226 · cited by 41
• Board of Directors of Bloomfield Club Recreation Ass'n v. Hoffman Group Inc. 186 Ill. 2d 419 · cited by 40
• People v. Bishop 218 Ill. 2d 232 · cited by 40
• Vitro v. Mihelcic 209 Ill. 2d 76 · cited by 40
• People v. McFadden 2016 IL 117424 · cited by 40
• North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. Johnson 114 Ill. 57 · cited by 40
• Bushnell v. Industrial Board 276 Ill. 262 · cited by 40
• McAndrews v. Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway Co. 222 Ill. 232 · cited by 40
• People v. Partee 125 Ill. 2d 24 · cited by 40
• People v. Johnson 146 Ill. 2d 109 · cited by 40
• Carpetland U.S.A., Inc. v. Illinois Department of Employment Security 201 Ill. 2d 351 · cited by 40
• Union Mutual Accident Ass'n v. Frohard 10 L.R.A. 383 · cited by 40
• President of Ottawa v. County of La Salle 12 Ill. 339 · cited by 40
• People v. Harris 228 Ill. 2d 222 · cited by 40
• White v. Morrison 11 Ill. 361 · cited by 40
• People ex rel. Akin v. Butler Street Foundry & Iron Co. 201 Ill. 236 · cited by 40
• Kellyville Coal Co. v. Strine 217 Ill. 516 · cited by 40
• Bartelott v. International Bank 119 Ill. 259 · cited by 40