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Illinois Supreme Court· 7/1/1999

People v. K.C.

Citations

  • 186 Ill. 2d 542
  • 239 Ill. Dec. 572
  • 714 N.E.2d 491
  • 1999 Ill. LEXIS 957

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to imply language the legislature omitted where doing so would render comparable language in another provision meaningless surplusage
  • the use of certain language in one context and other language in another context indicates that the legislature intends different results
  • “It is well established that, by employing certain language in one instance and wholly different language in another, the legislature indicates that different results were intended.”
  • “It is well established that, by employing certain language in one instance and wholly different language in another, the legislature indicates that different results were intended”
  • “It is well established that, by employing certain language in one instance and wholly different language in another, the legislature indicates that different results were intended.”
  • the use of certain language in one context and other language in another context indicates that the legislature intends different results

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Judges: Rathje

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

Cites

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