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· 9/21/1987

People Ex Rel. Foreman v. Nash

Citations

  • 514 N.E.2d 180
  • 118 Ill. 2d 90
  • 112 Ill. Dec. 714
  • 1987 Ill. LEXIS 226

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to address the merits because the questions presented are not important to the administration of justice
  • refusing to address the merits because the questions presented are not important to the administration of justice
  • first examining whether writs of mandamus or prohibition or supervisory orders would constitute appropriate remedies in that case
  • first examining whether writs of mandamus or prohibition or supervisory orders would constitute appropriate remedies in that case
  • “[W]e do not consider that the questions as presented here are of such importance to the administration of justice that they necessitate this court’s exercise of its supervisory authority.”
  • where the issue presented is sufficiently important to the administration of justice, this court may issue a writ of prohibition even if all of the aforementioned requirements are not met

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Judges: Ward, Cunningham

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