Crocker v. Finley

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• holding that court filing fees may be imposed for purposes relating to the operation and maintenance of the courts
• “court charges imposed on a litigant are fees if assessed to defray the expenses of his litigation” (emphasis added)
• although legislature labeled charge a “fee” it was “in reality a tax” because “court charges imposed on a litigant are fees if assessed to defray the expenses of his litigation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

67 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-12-21· cited 391×
• LeCroy v. Hanlon
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 215×
• National Paint & Coatings Association v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-01-24· cited 152×
• Buzz Barton & Associates, Inc. v. Giannone
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 144×
• City of Tullahoma v. Bedford County
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-01-27· cited 143×
• Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-03-20· cited 135×
• NORTHERN ILL. HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION v. County of Du Page
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-03-23· cited 66×
• Opyt's Amoco, Inc. v. Village of South Holland
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-06-25· cited 46×
• Boynton v. Kusper
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-02-21· cited 43×
• McLean v. Department of Revenue
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-12-29· cited 39×
• Norton v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-12-10· cited 38×
• Safety Net for Abused Persons v. Segura
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1997-04-08· cited 37×
• Walker v. McGuire
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2015-10-30· cited 31×
• Bigelow Group, Inc. v. Rickert
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-10-24· cited 30×
• National Realty & Investment Co. v. Department of Revenue
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-20· cited 28×
• Mellon v. Coffelt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-05-17· cited 27×
• People v. Gale
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-09-07· cited 27×
• Terra-Nova Investments v. Rosewell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-16· cited 25×
• Zamarron v. Pucinski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-06-28· cited 22×
• People v. Rodriguez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-11-03· cited 22×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois Gamefowl Breeders Ass'n v. Block
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-03-14· cited 114×
• Thorpe v. Mahin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-08-14· cited 90×
• Adams v. Corriston
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1862-07-15· cited 35×
• S. Bloom, Inc. v. Mahin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-06-02· cited 33×
• Ali v. Danaher
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-12-04· cited 32×
• Williams v. Gottschalk
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1907-12-17· cited 29×
• Cook County v. Kellogg Fairbank
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1906-10-23· cited 25×
• People v. Brown
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-10-21· cited 24×
• Fried v. Danaher
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-09-29· cited 21×
• Huber v. Van Schaack-Mutual, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1938-02-16· cited 12×
• People Ex Rel. Flanagan v. McDonough
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1962-01-23· cited 10×
• Sanko v. Carlson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 7×