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· 10/22/1992

St. Louis v. Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc.

Citations

  • 605 N.E.2d 555
  • 153 Ill. 2d 1
  • 178 Ill. Dec. 761
  • 1992 Ill. LEXIS 155

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that unlike a fixture, “[a]n improvement, on the other hand, after being installed, may not have an identity separate from the overall system or building in which it is located.”
  • remanding because record was unclear whether printing press was -an improvement to real property
  • refusing to determine as a matter of law that a newspaper printing press installed as a part of a plant expansion qualified as an “improvement to real property” under similar statute of repose
  • whether the addition was meant to be permanent or temporary, whether it became an integral component of the overall system, whether the value of the property was increased, and whether the use of the property was enhanced
  • whether the addition was meant to be permanent or temporary, whether it became an integral component of the overall system, whether the value of the property was increased, and whether the use of the property was enhanced

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Judges: Heiple

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