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. Owens 79 Ill. Dec. 663 · cited by 40
• State Bank of Cherry v. CGB Enterprises, Inc. 2013 IL 113836 · cited by 40
• Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Company 976 N.E.2d 344 · cited by 40
• The People v. Moses 11 Ill. 2d 84 · cited by 40
• Moses v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad 21 Ill. 516 · cited by 40
• Shreffler v. Nadelhoffer 133 Ill. 536 · cited by 40
• People v. Savory 197 Ill. 2d 203 · cited by 40
• People v. Williams 6 Ill. Dec. 854 · cited by 40
• Wilson v. County of Cook 360 Ill. Dec. 148 · cited by 40
• Howe v. Hodge 152 Ill. 252 · cited by 40
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Schlink 175 Ill. 284 · cited by 40
• People v. Shephard 152 Ill. 2d 489 · cited by 40
• People v. Bole 155 Ill. 2d 188 · cited by 40
• Sanford v. Kane 127 Ill. 591 · cited by 40
• Roe v. Taylor 45 Ill. 485 · cited by 40
• Burger v. Lutheran General Hospital 198 Ill. 2d 21 · cited by 40
• Squire v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co. 13 Ill. Dec. 17 · cited by 40
• Stout v. Cook 41 Ill. 447 · cited by 40
• Russell v. Department of Natural Resources 183 Ill. 2d 434 · cited by 40
• Littler v. City of Lincoln 106 Ill. 353 · cited by 40
• People v. Cervantes 189 Ill. 2d 80 · cited by 40
• Allison v. Shell Oil Co. 99 Ill. Dec. 115 · cited by 40
• Consolidated Ice Machine Co. v. Keifer 10 L.R.A. 696 · cited by 40
• Cumins v. Wood 44 Ill. 416 · cited by 40
• Howe v. Medaris 183 Ill. 288 · cited by 40
• The People v. Wright 41 Ill. 2d 170 · cited by 40
• Hartford Deposit Co. v. Sollitt 172 Ill. 222 · cited by 40
• People v. Williams 238 Ill. 2d 125 · cited by 40
• Dickie v. Carter 42 Ill. 376 · cited by 40
• People v. Rowell 229 Ill. 2d 82 · cited by 40
• Wexler v. Wirtz Corp. 211 Ill. 2d 18 · cited by 40
• Illinois State Board of Dental Examiners v. People ex rel. Cooper 123 Ill. 227 · cited by 40
• Vendo Company v. Stoner 58 Ill. 2d 289 · cited by 40
• Richardson Lubricating Co. v. Kinney 337 Ill. 122 · cited by 40
• Hofeld v. Nationwide Life Insurance 59 Ill. 2d 522 · cited by 40
• Midstate Siding and Window Co. v. Rogers 204 Ill. 2d 314 · cited by 40
• Baker v. Administrator of Backus 32 Ill. 79 · cited by 40
• Illinois Glass Co. v. Chicago Telephone Co. 234 Ill. 535 · cited by 40
• Gainey v. People 97 Ill. 270 · cited by 40
• La Salle National Bank v. County of Cook 57 Ill. 2d 318 · cited by 40
• West Chicago Street Railroad v. Morrison, Adams & Allen Co. 160 Ill. 288 · cited by 40
• The People v. Redlich 402 Ill. 270 · cited by 40
• Dukeman v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 237 Ill. 104 · cited by 40
• Russell v. SNFA 2013 IL 113909 · cited by 40
• People v. Castleberry 43 N.E.3d 932 · cited by 40
• People Ex Rel. Edwards v. Livingston 42 Ill. 2d 201 · cited by 40
• People v. Tiller 68 Ill. Dec. 916 · cited by 40
• People v. Allen 222 Ill. 2d 340 · cited by 40
• McNulta v. Ensch 134 Ill. 46 · cited by 40
• People v. Lowery 178 Ill. 2d 462 · cited by 40
• Rack v. Chicago City Railway Co. 44 L.R.A. 127 · cited by 40
• Goodhue v. People 94 Ill. 37 · cited by 40
• Hyslop v. Finch 99 Ill. 171 · cited by 40
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Phillips 60 Ill. 190 · cited by 40
• Ogle v. Koerner 140 Ill. 170 · cited by 40
• Propst v. Meadows 13 Ill. 157 · cited by 40
• People ex rel. Boenert v. Barrett 63 L.R.A. 82 · cited by 40
• Saldana v. Wirtz Cartage Co. 24 Ill. Dec. 523 · cited by 40
• People v. Tye 141 Ill. 2d 1 · cited by 40
• People v. Ward 952 N.E.2d 601 · cited by 40
• Brown v. Decatur Memorial Hospital 47 Ill. Dec. 332 · cited by 40
• People v. Clendenin 238 Ill. 2d 302 · cited by 40
• Grier v. Cable 159 Ill. 29 · cited by 40
• McMath v. Katholi 191 Ill. 2d 251 · cited by 40
• Harris v. Walker 116 Ill. Dec. 702 · cited by 39
• Lamkin v. Towner 138 Ill. 2d 510 · cited by 39
• Petrovich v. Share Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. 188 Ill. 2d 17 · cited by 39
• Steib v. Whitehead 111 Ill. 247 · cited by 39
• People Ex Rel. General Motors Corp. v. Bua 37 Ill. 2d 180 · cited by 39
• Kochersperger v. Drake 41 L.R.A. 446 · cited by 39
• People v. Richardson 83 Ill. Dec. 604 · cited by 39
• Guardian Mutual Life Ins. v. Hogan 80 Ill. 35 · cited by 39
• Davis v. Commonwealth Edison Co. 61 Ill. 2d 494 · cited by 39
• People v. Owens 129 Ill. 2d 303 · cited by 39
• Olinger v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 21 Ill. 2d 469 · cited by 39
• Szajna v. General Motors Corp. 104 Ill. Dec. 898 · cited by 39
• Hall v. Gillins 13 Ill. 2d 26 · cited by 39
• Wills v. Foster 229 Ill. 2d 393 · cited by 39
• Siegel v. A. H. Andrews & Co. 181 Ill. 350 · cited by 39
• Tunison v. Chamblin 88 Ill. 378 · cited by 39
• Standidge v. Chicago Railways Co. 254 Ill. 524 · cited by 39
• Mitchell v. Lowden 288 Ill. 327 · cited by 39
• Opp v. Pryor 294 Ill. 538 · cited by 39
• Krause v. Peoria Housing Authority 370 Ill. 356 · cited by 39
• Stillman v. Stillman 99 Ill. 196 · cited by 39
• People v. Coslet 7 Ill. Dec. 80 · cited by 39
• Cormack v. Marshall 67 L.R.A. 787 · cited by 39
• Gavin v. Curtin 40 L.R.A. 776 · cited by 39
• People v. Eugene W. 231 Ill. 2d 92 · cited by 39
• Dobbins v. First National Bank 112 Ill. 553 · cited by 39
• Schneider v. Manning 121 Ill. 376 · cited by 39
• People v. Hickey 204 Ill. 2d 585 · cited by 39
• Dale v. Irwin 78 Ill. 170 · cited by 39
• Lau v. West Towns Bus Co. 16 Ill. 2d 442 · cited by 39
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Fennimore 199 Ill. 9 · cited by 39
• Ullsperger v. Meyer 217 Ill. 262 · cited by 39
• Kahle v. John Deere Co. 84 Ill. Dec. 650 · cited by 39
• Shackeltow v. Sebree 86 Ill. 616 · cited by 39
• People v. Madej 88 Ill. Dec. 77 · cited by 39
• City of Chicago v. Netcher 183 Ill. 104 · cited by 39
• Khan v. Deutsche Bank AG 978 N.E.2d 1020 · cited by 39
• People Ex Rel. Barrett v. Bartley 383 Ill. 437 · cited by 39
• Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Thompson 56 Ill. 138 · cited by 39
• Halberstadt v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank 55 Ill. 2d 121 · cited by 39
• City of Chicago v. Scholten 75 Ill. 468 · cited by 39
• Pathfinder Co. v. Industrial Commission 62 Ill. 2d 556 · cited by 39
• JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Earth Foods, Inc. 238 Ill. 2d 455 · cited by 39
• Consolidated Coal Co. v. Scheiber 167 Ill. 539 · cited by 39
• Englestien v. Mintz 345 Ill. 48 · cited by 39
• Richards v. Miller 62 Ill. 417 · cited by 39
• People v. Smith 177 Ill. 2d 53 · cited by 39
• People v. Ceja 204 Ill. 2d 332 · cited by 39
• People v. Everette 141 Ill. 2d 147 · cited by 39
• People v. Chandler 129 Ill. 2d 233 · cited by 39
• Hammond v. North American Asbestos Corp. 73 Ill. Dec. 350 · cited by 39
• People ex rel. Bracher v. Millard 307 Ill. 556 · cited by 39
• The People v. Fox 319 Ill. 606 · cited by 39
• People v. Triplett 92 Ill. Dec. 454 · cited by 39
• People v. Taylor 166 Ill. 2d 414 · cited by 39
• Moritz v. Hoffman 35 Ill. 553 · cited by 39
• People ex rel. Billings v. Bissell 19 Ill. 229 · cited by 39
• Mashal v. City of Chicago 981 N.E.2d 951 · cited by 39
• Langdon v. People 133 Ill. 382 · cited by 39
• Fifer v. Allen 228 Ill. 507 · cited by 39
• People v. Wright 111 Ill. 2d 128 · cited by 39
• Cincinnati Mutual Health Assurance Co. v. Rosenthal 55 Ill. 85 · cited by 39
• Taylor v. Felsing 164 Ill. 331 · cited by 39
• People v. Jones 207 Ill. 2d 122 · cited by 39
• Harward v. St. Clair & Monroe Levee & Drainage Co. 51 Ill. 130 · cited by 39
• People v. Vance 28 Ill. Dec. 508 · cited by 39
• Bell v. Louisville & NashVille Railroad 88 Ill. Dec. 69 · cited by 39
• Charles Hester Enterprises, Inc. v. Illinois Founders Insurance 102 Ill. Dec. 306 · cited by 39
• Hackett v. Smelsley 77 Ill. 109 · cited by 39
• Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. v. Mallory, Son & Zimmerman Co. 157 Ill. 554 · cited by 39
• People v. Krueger 175 Ill. 2d 60 · cited by 39
• Illinois Power & Light Corp. v. Talbott 321 Ill. 538 · cited by 39
• In Re Estate of Dierkes 191 Ill. 2d 326 · cited by 39
• People ex rel. Sheppard v. Illinois State Board of Dental Examiners 110 Ill. 180 · cited by 39
• People v. Peeples 205 Ill. 2d 480 · cited by 39
• Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. Tucker 157 Ill. 194 · cited by 39
• People v. Patrick 2011 IL 111666 · cited by 39
• Tatar v. Maxon Construction Co. 54 Ill. 2d 64 · cited by 39
• Marriage of Gutman v. Gutman 232 Ill. 2d 145 · cited by 39
• City of Quincy v. Jones 76 Ill. 231 · cited by 39
• People v. Young 45 Ill. Dec. 150 · cited by 39
• City of Chicago v. Ward 38 L.R.A. 849 · cited by 39
• People v. Janik 127 Ill. 2d 390 · cited by 39
• People v. Armstrong 183 Ill. 2d 130 · cited by 39
• Kolakowski v. Voris 47 Ill. Dec. 392 · cited by 39
• Miller v. Rowan 251 Ill. 344 · cited by 39
• Pearce v. Foote 113 Ill. 228 · cited by 39
• Lucas v. Lakin 175 Ill. 2d 166 · cited by 39
• Hansen v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. 198 Ill. 2d 420 · cited by 39
• People v. Lucas 132 Ill. 2d 399 · cited by 38
• Block v. City of Chicago 239 Ill. 251 · cited by 38
• People v. Kolton 219 Ill. 2d 353 · cited by 38
• Murch v. Wright 46 Ill. 487 · cited by 38
• Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad v. Hutchinson 120 Ill. 587 · cited by 38
• The People v. Bonner 37 Ill. 2d 553 · cited by 38
• Hafner v. Herron 165 Ill. 242 · cited by 38
• Morrow v. L. A. Goldschmidt Associates, Inc. 96 Ill. Dec. 939 · cited by 38
• People v. Birge 450 Ill. Dec. 796 · cited by 38
• Mueller Construction Co. v. Industrial Board 283 Ill. 148 · cited by 38
• Putnam v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. 48 Ill. 2d 71 · cited by 38
• People v. Montgomery 98 Ill. Dec. 353 · cited by 38
• Walker v. Brown 28 Ill. 378 · cited by 38
• Weber v. Christen 121 Ill. 91 · cited by 38
• Chicago & Eastern Railroad v. Flexman 103 Ill. 546 · cited by 38
• Flood v. Country Mutual Insurance 41 Ill. 2d 91 · cited by 38
• People v. Stilley 6 Ill. Dec. 873 · cited by 38
• Montgomery Coal Co. v. Barringer 218 Ill. 327 · cited by 38
• Walton v. Develing 61 Ill. 201 · cited by 38
• The People v. Gould 345 Ill. 288 · cited by 38
• People ex rel. Greenwood v. Board of Supervisors 125 Ill. 334 · cited by 38
• United States Brewing Co. v. Stoltenberg 211 Ill. 531 · cited by 38
• Hewitt v. Hewitt 31 Ill. Dec. 827 · cited by 38
• In re Marriage of Verdung 126 Ill. 2d 542 · cited by 38
• People v. Lettrich 413 Ill. 172 · cited by 38
• People v. Valdez 67 N.E.3d 233 · cited by 38
• People v. Grayson 58 Ill. 2d 260 · cited by 38
• Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. Robinson 147 Ill. 138 · cited by 38
• Bessette v. People 56 L.R.A. 558 · cited by 38
• Joseph Triner Corp. v. McNeil 363 Ill. 559 · cited by 38
• Schek v. Chicago Transit Authority 42 Ill. 2d 362 · cited by 38
• People v. Wright 56 Ill. 2d 523 · cited by 38
• Buehler v. Whalen 15 Ill. Dec. 852 · cited by 38
• Charles v. Seigfried 165 Ill. 2d 482 · cited by 38
• McNulta v. Corn Belt Bank 164 Ill. 427 · cited by 38
• North Chicago City Railway Co. v. Town of Lake View 105 Ill. 207 · cited by 38
• American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31 v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board, State Panel 216 Ill. 2d 569 · cited by 38
• People v. Hollins 51 Ill. 2d 68 · cited by 38
• County Commissioners v. People ex rel. Metz 11 Ill. 202 · cited by 38
• People v. Albanese 79 Ill. Dec. 608 · cited by 38
• Farwell v. Great Western Telegraph Co. 161 Ill. 522 · cited by 38
• John Griffiths & Son Co. v. National Fireproofing Co. 310 Ill. 331 · cited by 38
• Morris v. Margulis 197 Ill. 2d 28 · cited by 38
• People v. Graves 235 Ill. 2d 244 · cited by 38
• People v. Brown 169 Ill. 2d 132 · cited by 38
• EMC Mortgage Corp. v. Kemp 2012 IL 113419 · cited by 38
• People v. Brown 67 Ill. 435 · cited by 38