143 Ill. 2d 425 - Tully v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably 156 Ill. 2d 288 - McDunn v. Williams (1993), 181 Ill. 2d 41 - People v. Hawkins (1998)
4 federal appellate · 77 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Zelazny v. Lyng · 8 Ill. 2d 494 - McCartney v. McCartney · 121 Ill. 2d 470 - People Ex Rel. Daley v. Strayhorn · 76 Ill. 2d 385 - Thurston v. State Board of Elections · 163 Ill. App. 3d 796 - Rexroat v. Abatte
Most-quoted passages
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“" Laches is an equitable doctrine which precludes the assertion of a claim by a litigant whose unreasonable delay in raising that claim has prejudiced the opposing party." ( Tully v. State of Illinois (1991), 143 Ill.2d 425, 432 , 158 Ill.Dec. 546, 549 , 574 N.E.2d 659, 662 .) Accordingly, two elements are necessary for a finding of laches: (1) lack of diligence by the party asserting the claim; and (2) prejudice to the opposing party caused by the delay. Tully, 143 Ill.2d at 432 , 158 Ill.Dec. at 549 , 574 N.E.2d at 662 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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