Roark v. MacOupin Creek Drainage District

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• finding that the statute of limitations in a tort suit involving delinquent performance of a drainage district begins to run from the date of the last injury
• “ ‘[P]lurality decisions of a state supreme court, in which no majority agrees to the reasoning, are not binding under the doctrine of stare decisis.’ ” (quoting 5 Am. Jur. 2d Appellate Review § 602, at 298 (1995))
• “ ‘[P]lurality decisions of a state supreme court, in which no majority agrees to the reasoning, are not binding under the doctrine of stare decisis.’ ” (quoting 5 Am. Jur. 2d Appellate Review § 602, at 298 (1995))
• whether a drainage district's decision not to repair a drainage system was discretionary or ministerial presents a question of fact where, under Illinois statute 70 ILCS 605/4-15, the Illinois legislature imposed a \duty\ to keep systems in repair
• explaining the limited precedential value of plurality decisions

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