First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp.

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• holding that a reviewing court should not be compelled to act as appellees’ advocate and search the record for purposes of sustaining the circuit court’s judgment
• holding that a reviewing court should decide the merits of an appeal where the record is simple and the claimed error is such that a decision can be made easily without the aid of an appellee’s brief
• holding that a reviewing court may decide the merits of the case if the record is simple and the court is able to dispose of the appeal without the aid of an appellee’s brief
• holding that a reviewing court should decide the merits of an appeal where the record is simple and the claimed error is such that a decision can be made easily without the aid of an appellee's brief
• holding that a reviewing court should decide the merits of an appeal where the record is simple and the claimed error is such that a decision can be made easily without the aid of an appellee’s brief
• holding that a reviewing court should decide the merits of an appeal where the record is simple and the claimed error is such that a decision can be made easily without the aid of an appellee's brief

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