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· 11/15/1991

Martel Enterprises v. City of Chicago

Citations

  • 584 N.E.2d 157
  • 223 Ill. App. 3d 1028
  • 164 Ill. Dec. 945

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Although conversion is considered an intentional tort because it requires ‘an intentional exercise of dominion or control over a chattel,’ it does not require proof of malice, culpability, or conscious wrongdoing.”
  • “Although conversion is considered an intentional tort because it requires ‘an intentional exercise of dominion or control over a chattel,’ it does not require proof of malice, cul‐ pability, or conscious wrongdoing.”

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Judges: Lorenz

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