355 Ill. Dec. 375 - In Re Haley D.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 226 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Vincent · 201 Ill. 2d 95 - Sarkissian v. Chicago Board of Education · People v. Detra W. · In re D.L. · 226 Ill. 2d 169 - Ultsch v. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Most-quoted passages
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“When a court exercises its authority, it must proceed within the confines of that law and has no authority to act except as that law provides. [Citation.] A court is not free to reject or expand its statutory authority despite the desirability or need for such action. [Citation.] Any action the trial court takes that is outside the statute's stricture is void.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“It is well settled that courts cannot depart from the plain language of a statute by reading into it exceptions, limitation, or conditions not expressed by the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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