In Re MT

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting parties’ construction of a statute that would “frustrate both the intent and the spirit of the legislation”
• rejecting parties' construction of a statute that would \frustrate both the intent and the spirit of the legislation\
• rejecting parties’ construction of a statute that would “frustrate -7- both the intent and the spirit of the legislation”
• court may depart from literal language of statute when needed to avoid defeating obvious intent of the legislature

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-02-04· cited 270×
• City of Champaign v. Madigan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-07-16· cited 39×
• In Re Marriage of Awan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-02-17· cited 22×
• People v. Douglas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-01-09· cited 16×
• People v. Davison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-02-15· cited 9×
• People v. Oshana
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-02-09· cited 3×
• People v. Lee
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-08-30· cited 2×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Michigan Avenue National Bank v. County of Cook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 492×
• People v. Blair
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-06-03· cited 468×
• People v. Sharpe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-10-06· cited 456×
• In Re Detention of Lieberman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 254×
• People v. Wright
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-10-02· cited 214×
• People v. Lee
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-04-07· cited 178×
• People v. Christopher K.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-12-15· cited 166×
• People v. Greco
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-05-08· cited 151×
• People v. Huddleston
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-06-04· cited 139×
• People v. Wick
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-07-17· cited 130×
• Hill v. Cowan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-12-02· cited 123×
• In Re Parentage of John M.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-09-23· cited 102×
• People v. Morgan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-01-24· cited 99×
• People v. Zaremba
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-01-20· cited 91×
• Gill v. Miller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-01-24· cited 76×
• Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Illinois State Toll Highway Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-03-27· cited 72×
• People v. M.T.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 65×
• People v. B.L.S.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-12-05· cited 56×
• U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Clark
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 54×
• People v. McCoy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-03-18· cited 51×