People Ex Rel. Cason v. Ring

How courts have described this case

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

• when the literal construction of a statute would lead to consequences which the legislature could not have contemplated, the courts are not bound to that construction
• when the literal construction of a statute would lead to consequences which the legislature could not have contemplated, the courts are not bound to that construction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

79 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Loyola Academy v. S & S Roof Maintenance, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-01-23· cited 538×
• In Re Detention of Lieberman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 254×
• In re Donald A.G.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 186×
• People v. Alejos
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-10-04· cited 160×
• People v. Boykin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-02-04· cited 148×
• People v. Partee
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-10-20· cited 136×
• People v. Richardson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 115×
• People v. Hanna
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-10-17· cited 108×
• People v. Pearlie G.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-02-20· cited 97×
• The People v. Hudson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-09-29· cited 89×
• Cummins v. Country Mutual Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-10-02· cited 79×
• McCastle v. Sheinkop
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-12-30· cited 76×
• Gill v. Miller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-01-24· cited 76×
• In Re Marriage of Freeman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-05-31· cited 76×
• People v. Maya
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-01-23· cited 73×
• People v. Hills
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-02-22· cited 71×
• Reynolds v. City of Tuscola
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-04-01· cited 68×
• Fitzsimmons v. Norgle
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-11-30· cited 58×
• People Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. White
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1972-03-30· cited 57×
• Sayles v. Thompson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-12-01· cited 55×

Cites

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

• Illinois Crime Investigating Commission v. Buccieri
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-01-19· cited 87×
• Roth v. Northern Assurance Co. Ltd.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1964-11-24· cited 82×
• People Ex Rel. Simpson v. Funkhouser
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1944-01-20· cited 53×
• Village of Glencoe v. Hurford
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1925-04-24· cited 52×
• Klein v. Department of Registration & Education
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1952-03-20· cited 50×
• Mid-South Chemical Corp. v. Carpentier
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-09-18· cited 46×
• Scribner v. Sachs
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-01-22· cited 43×
• Scofield v. Board of Education
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1952-01-23· cited 43×
• People Ex Rel. Community High School District No. 231 v. Hupe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1954-03-17· cited 40×
• Smith v. County of Logan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1918-06-20· cited 34×
• People Ex Rel. Roan v. Wilson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1950-01-18· cited 32×
• The People v. Talbot
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1926-10-28· cited 30×
• The PEOPLE v. Chatman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-09-29· cited 26×
• People ex rel. Hines v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1937-04-16· cited 23×
• Miner v. Stafford
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1927-06-22· cited 19×
• People v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1935-04-12· cited 19×
• Burns v. Industrial Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1934-06-15· cited 18×
• Livingston v. Meyers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1955-09-23· cited 17×
• In Re Estate of Curtis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1963-05-27· cited 13×
• Krimmel v. Eielson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1950-05-18· cited 11×