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· 9/30/1997

Joel R. by Salazar v. Board of Educ. of Mannheim Sch. Dist.

Citations

  • 686 N.E.2d 650
  • 226 Ill. Dec. 867
  • 292 Ill. App. 3d 607
  • 1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 694

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that any distinction between findings of fact made by a jury as opposed to by a court is “meaningless”
  • the trial court is in a superior position to observe the witnesses’ demeanor and judge their credibility
  • trial court is in a superior position to resolve conflicts in the evidence
  • “Questions of fact, whether determined by a jury or by the circuit court in a nonjury case, are reviewed under the deferential, manifest weight of the evidence standard.”

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Judges: Tully

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