Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/19/1984
Fortas v. Dixon
Citations
- 462 N.E.2d 615
- 122 Ill. App. 3d 697
- 78 Ill. Dec. 496
- 1984 Ill. App. LEXIS 1599
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming decision of trial court which had reversed order of electoral board and invalidated all of the signatures on a particular petition sheet of circulator where the sheet clearly evidenced a pattern of fraud and false swearing
- “ ‘when in the course of hearing objections to nominating papers, evidence beyond specific objections comes to the electoral board’s attention, it cannot close its eyes and ears if evidence is relevant to the protection of the electoral process’ ”
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Judges: Buckley, Campbell
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Huskey v. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS ELECTORAL BD., VILLAGE OF OAK LAWNAppellate Court of Illinois· 1987-05-20· cited 37×
- Cunningham v. SchaefleinAppellate Court of Illinois· 2012-05-04· cited 29×
- Canter v. Cook County Officers Electoral BoardAppellate Court of Illinois· 1988-05-16· cited 24×
- Delay v. BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS OF CITY OF CHICAGOAppellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-16· cited 22×
- Mitchell v. Cook County Officers Electoral BoardAppellate Court of Illinois· 2010-03-05· cited 14×
- Moscardini v. COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BD. OF DU PAGE CTY.Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-13· cited 12×
- Ramirez v. AndradeAppellate Court of Illinois· 2007-03-30· cited 10×
- Solomon v. ScholefieldAppellate Court of Illinois· 2015-05-22· cited 8×
- Harmon v. Town of Cicero Municipal Officers Electoral BoardAppellate Court of Illinois· 2007-03-16· cited 7×
- Citizens for John W. Moore Party v. Board of Election CommissionersN.D. Illinois· 1987-06-24· cited 6×
- Watkins v. BurkeAppellate Court of Illinois· 1984-03-15· cited 6×
- Stein v. Cook County Officers Electoral BoardAppellate Court of Illinois· 1994-06-10· cited 4×
- Muldrow v. BarronAppellate Court of Illinois· 2021-05-10· cited 1×
- Boyd v. FordAppellate Court of Illinois· 1985-04-04· cited 1×
- Delay v. Board of Election CommissionersAppellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-16
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 1,828×
- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 1,313×
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court· 1971-10-12· cited 827×
- Moore v. OgilvieSupreme Court· 1969-06-16· cited 714×
- Lubin v. PanishSupreme Court· 1974-03-26· cited 530×
- People v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court· 1976-11-15· cited 152×
- City of Chicago v. GroffmanIllinois Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 75×
- Havens v. MillerAppellate Court of Illinois· 1981-12-11· cited 63×
- Williams v. ButlerAppellate Court of Illinois· 1976-01-30· cited 60×
- Bowe v. Chicago Electoral BoardIllinois Supreme Court· 1980-03-12· cited 36×
- Madden v. SchumannAppellate Court of Illinois· 1982-04-15· cited 24×
- Starkey v. Illinois Civil Service CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois· 1982-04-16· cited 13×
- Smith v. Bd. of Election Com'rs for City of ChicagoN.D. Illinois· 1984-03-09· cited 11×
- Watkins v. BurkeAppellate Court of Illinois· 1984-03-15· cited 6×
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