· 6/4/1991
Tully v. State
Citations
- 574 N.E.2d 659
- 143 Ill. 2d 425
- 158 Ill. Dec. 546
- 1991 Ill. LEXIS 45
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- recognizing that laches precludes the assertion of a claim by a litigant whose unreasonable delay in raising that claim has prejudiced the opposing party
- noting that a seat becomes vacant upon compulsory retirement by the interaction of section 12(c
- finding that courts are reluctant to come to the aid of a party who knowingly slept on rights to the detriment of the opposing party
- noting that a seat becomes vacant upon compulsory retirement by the interaction of section 12(c) of the judicial article and the Retirement Act and holding that laches barred the judge from challenging others who ran in a contested election for the “vacant office”
- noting that a seat becomes vacant upon compulsory retirement by the interaction of section 12(c) of the judicial article and the Retirement Act and holding that laches barred the judge from challenging others who ran in a contested election for the \vacant office\
- noting, in passing, that a seat becomes vacant upon compulsory retirement under the Act
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Judges: Bilandic, Moran
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