People Ex Rel. Ryan v. City of West Chicago

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the substance of a filing, not its title, determines how a court ought to classify it
• holding that the substance of a filing, not its title, determines how a court ought to classify it
• “In determining the nature of a pleading or a motion, courts are not bound by the title given the document by a party; instead, the substance of the document will be examined.”
• “In determining the nature of a pleading or a motion, courts are not bound by the title given to the document by a party; instead, the substance of the document will be examined.”
• “In determining the nature of a pleading or a motion, courts are not bound by the title given to the document by a party; instead, the substance of the document will be examined.”
• the substance of a filing determines the character of the document

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).