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· 11/21/1991

Aikens v. Morris

Citations

  • 583 N.E.2d 487
  • 145 Ill. 2d 273
  • 164 Ill. Dec. 571
  • 1991 Ill. LEXIS 112
  • 1991 WL 242336

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Section 4—102 immunity may apply in the context where police officers are simply ‘providing [or failing to provide] police services’ ”
  • ASection 4B102 immunity may apply in the context where police officers are simply >providing [or failing to provide] police services= @
  • “Under the rule, a police department’s duty to preserve the well-being of the community is owed to the public at large, rather than specific individuals.”
  • officer was not executing or enforcing a law when transporting a jail inmate from one facility to another when he struck the plaintiff’s vehicle
  • “Arguably, *** the performance of any task while on duty is in enforcement or execution of the law. We do not believe, however, *** that the legislature intended such a result”

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Judges: Freeman, Bilandic

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