Wilmette Partners v. Hamel

How courts have described this case

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

• stating what is “a reasonable time is a matter of proof under all the *** circumstances” and is “a question of fact”
• endorsing the same procedure for assessing attorney fees incurred on appeal
• appeal following a bench trial which held that the plaintiff had breached one construction-related contract and anticipatorily breached a second construction contract
• if “contract does not specify the time for performance, the law implies a reasonable time” and “what constitutes a reasonable time” is “such time as is necessary to do conveniently what the contract requires”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re: F.P.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-11-12· cited 106×
• Brown and Kerr, Inc. v. American Stores Properties, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-08-06· cited 57×
• Israel v. National Canada Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-09-25· cited 52×
• In Re Marriage of Tabassum and Younis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-12-07· cited 50×
• Erlenbush v. Largent
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-11-30· cited 44×
• Fieldcrest Builders, Inc. v. Antonucci
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-12-30· cited 44×
• Contract Development Corp. v. Beck
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-01-27· cited 43×
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital v. Sharif
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-01-28· cited 43×
• Mirar Development, Inc. v. Kroner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-08-13· cited 36×
• Doornbos Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. v. Schlenker
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-07-12· cited 35×
• Draper v. Frontier Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-08-10· cited 31×
• Kinesoft Development Corp. v. Softbank Holdings Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2001-02-16· cited 30×
• Yugoslav-American Cultural Center, Inc. v. Parkway Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-30· cited 26×
• Melrose Park National Bank v. Carr
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-06-25· cited 20×
• Beverly Normand v. Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-10-12· cited 19×
• Tomlinson v. Dartmoor Construction Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-12-16· cited 14×
• Pope Ex Rel. Pope v. Economy Fire & Cas.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-11-07· cited 11×
• Midwest Software, Ltd. v. Willie Washer Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-02-18· cited 9×
• Brown & Kerr v. American Stores Properties
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-08-06· cited 7×
• Roboserve, Inc. v. Kato Kagaku Co., Ltd.
  N.D. Illinois· 1995-01-17· cited 6×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Watson Lumber Co. v. Guennewig
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-02-13· cited 75×
• Ullsperger v. Meyer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1905-10-24· cited 68×
• Brewer v. Custom Builders Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-10-04· cited 59×
• Netzel v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-03-29· cited 51×
• Builder's Concrete v. Faubel & Sons, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-03-13· cited 49×
• Feldstein v. Guinan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-09-30· cited 46×
• W. E. Erickson Construction, Inc. v. Congress-Kenilworth Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-11-20· cited 40×
• Christopher v. West
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1951-03-22· cited 39×
• Meyer v. Buckman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1955-11-16· cited 36×
• Ruggio v. Ditkowsky
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-09-26· cited 32×
• Rivenbark v. Finis P. Ernest, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-04-22· cited 31×
• Foreman State Trust & Savings Bank v. Tauber
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1932-04-23· cited 30×
• Bulley & Andrews, Inc. v. Symons Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-01-23· cited 26×
• Golen v. Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-12-13· cited 24×
• Miller v. Reed
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-09-13· cited 22×
• In re J.H.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-24· cited 19×
• Yale Development Co. v. Aurora Pizza Hut, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-05-01· cited 16×
• Wingler v. Niblack
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-03-31· cited 15×
• Watson Lumber Co. v. Mouser
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-10· cited 15×
• Luczak Brothers, Inc. v. Generes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-06-03· cited 15×