Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• stating that in reviewing a dismissal order under section 2-619, courts must interpret all pleadings and supporting documents in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and grant dismissal only if recovery is impossible under any potential set of facts
• stating that in reviewing a dismissal order under section 2 — 619, courts must interpret all pleadings and supporting documents in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and grant dismissal only if recovery is impossible under any potential set of facts
• comparing section 8-101 of the Tort Immunity Act with section 13-214(a) of the Civil Code
• comparing section 13 — 214(a) of the Code (735 ILCS 5/13 — 214(a) (West 1998)), with section 8 — 101 of the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/8 — 101 (West 1998))
• “Regardless of whether section 13-214(a) is more specific than section 8-101 *** it is the legislature’s intent that is of foremost importance.”
• “The cardinal rule of statutory interpretation, to which all other rules are subordinate, is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature. ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).