Relph v. Board of Education of DePue Unit School District No. 103

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• because judgments “were still subject to the appellate process,” including the possibility of review by the Illinois Supreme Court, “they were not to be given res judicata effect”
• “A judgment is final if it determines the litigation on the merits so that if affirmed the only thing remaining is to proceed with the execution on the judgment.”
• where the supreme court had decided the same legal issue in a different case prior to the second appeal, the appellate court should have followed the supreme court's decision on that issue in the second appeal, regardless of the law of the case doctrine, to avoid illogical results
• where the supreme court had decided the same legal issue in a different case prior to the second appeal, the appellate court should have followed the supreme court’s decision on that issue in the second appeal, regardless of the law of the case doctrine, to avoid illogical results

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