Alvarez v. Pappas

How courts have described this case

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

• “In interpreting a statute, we also must presume that when the legislature enacted a law, it did not intend to produce absurd, inconvenient or unjust results.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Alvarez v. Pappas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-04-17· cited 137×
• In re Addison R.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-03-21· cited 36×
• Ball v. County of Cook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-09-12· cited 29×
• Dolan v. O'Callaghan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-28· cited 22×
• Heupel v. Jenkins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-05· cited 12×
• Conxall Corporation v. Iconn Systems, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2016-11-04· cited 5×
• Sablik v. County of De Kalb
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-02-25· cited 5×
• Department of Transportation v. Greatbanc Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-12-07
• Schmidt v. City of Collinsville
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-06-18
• Funkhouser v. City of Granite City
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-06-24
• Grace v. City of Edwardsville
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-06-26
• Carter v. City of Alton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-06-26

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Dalm
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-21· cited 899×
• People v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-01-25· cited 212×
• In re Donald A.G.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 186×
• In Re Marriage of Rogers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 166×
• Ferguson v. City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 150×
• Progressive Universal Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-06-09· cited 139×
• Sundance Homes, Inc. v. County of Du Page
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-02-16· cited 128×
• Taddeo v. Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-10-06· cited 48×
• Scoa Industries, Inc. v. Howlett
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-10-16· cited 40×
• County Collector v. ATI Carriage House, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 17×
• McCarthy v. Denkovski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-30· cited 14×
• Wood River Township v. Wood River Township Hospital
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-06-17· cited 14×
• Weil-Mclain Co. v. Collins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1946-09-18· cited 14×
• Canel v. Topinka
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-30· cited 10×
• Bass v. South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-10-08· cited 8×
• Detrana v. Such
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-11-20· cited 5×