Samour, Inc. v. Board of Election Commissioners

How courts have described this case

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

• where the case does not involve administrative review, a trier of fact’s determination of whether a statute was complied with is reviewed de novo
• “fact finder is in the best position to evaluate the conduct and demeanor of the witnesses”
• “fact finder is in the best position to evaluate the conduct and demeanor of the witnesses”
• this court will not substitute our “judgment on credibility matters because the fact finder is in the best position to evaluate the conduct and demeanor of the witnesses.”
• “this court has only applied the clearly erroneous standard to decisions of administrative agencies. [Citation.] In all other civil cases, we review legal issues de novo and factual issues under a manifest weight of the evidence standard”
• a finding is manifestly erroneous when the opposite conclusion is clearly evident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).