· 2/19/2010
People v. Andrew B.
Citations
- 930 N.E.2d 934
- 237 Ill. 2d 340
- 341 Ill. Dec. 420
- 2010 Ill. LEXIS 274
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing “the fundamental principle of statutory construction that this court cannot read into the statute additional elements not intended by the legislature”
- noting that a court may not read into a statute “additional elements not intended by the legislature”
- pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have \expressed serious concerns with the State's failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code's procedural safeguards\
- pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have “expressed serious concerns with the State’s failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code’s procedural safeguards”
- pointing to the increasing number of cases in which appellate courts have \expressed serious concerns with the State's failure to adhere to the [Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities] Code's procedural safeguards\
- “second element [of public interest exception] is satisfied because our appellate court is divided on the issue”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Kilbride
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