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description test in Illinois

6 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1907–2024 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

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Also cited on this issue (8)

CaseCitedYears
People v. Stoecker green
ill · 2020
1 sentence

2024The State relies on the following description of the doctrine: “Under the well-settled doctrine of res judicata, ‘a final judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction on the merits is conclusive as to the rights of the parties and their privies, and, as to them, constitutes an absolute bar to a subsequent action involving the same claim, demand or cause of action.’ [Citation.]” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) People v. Stoecker, 2020 IL 124807, ¶ 29 .

12024–2024
People v. Anderson green
ill · 1986
2 sentences

1986App. 3d 318 , 473 N.E.2d 1345 , aff’d (1986), 112 Ill. 2d 39 , 490 N.E.2d 1263 ), we conclude that the issuing judge had sufficient information to determine that materials depicting the acts listed in the search warrant and exhibited in the two magazines not only were patently offensive representations, but also would probably appeal, as a whole, to the prurient interests based on contemporary community standards and would probably be without redeeming social value.

1986App. 3d 318 , 473 N.E.2d 1345 , aff’d (1986), 112 Ill. 2d 39 , 490 N.E.2d 1263 ), we conclude that the issuing judge had sufficient information to determine that materials depicting the acts listed in the search warrant and exhibited in the two magazines not only were patently offensive representations, but also would probably appeal, as a whole, to the prurient interests based on contemporary community standards and would probably be without redeeming social value.

11986–1986
People v. Anderson green
illappct · 1985
2 sentences

1986App. 3d 318 , 473 N.E.2d 1345 , aff’d (1986), 112 Ill. 2d 39 , 490 N.E.2d 1263 ), we conclude that the issuing judge had sufficient information to determine that materials depicting the acts listed in the search warrant and exhibited in the two magazines not only were patently offensive representations, but also would probably appeal, as a whole, to the prurient interests based on contemporary community standards and would probably be without redeeming social value.

1986Although defendant argues that the information presented to the judge was only sufficient to establish the second prong “patently offensive representations,” of the three-prong obscenity test (for a specific description of the test, see People v. Anderson (1985), 130 Ill.

11986–1986
O'Brien v. Krockinski neutral
illappct · 1893
1 sentence

1986(O’Brien v. Krockinski (1893), 50 Ill.

11986–1986
People v. Smith neutral
illappct · 1976
1 sentence

1981The State’s analogy of the instant phrase to the insanity defense as a “last ditch” defense in People v. Smith (1976), 41 Ill.

11981–1981
Skelly v. Ersch green
ill · 1922
2 sentences

1980(E.g., Skelly v. Ersch (1922), 305 Ill. 126 , 137 N.E. 106 .) That a mistake is present in the description at bar is clear not only from its failure to state a point of beginning but from the recorded affidavit as well.

1980(E.g., Skelly v. Ersch (1922), 305 Ill. 126 , 137 N.E. 106 .) That a mistake is present in the description at bar is clear not only from its failure to state a point of beginning but from the recorded affidavit as well.

11980–1980
Kurtz v. Hibner neutral
ill · 1870
1 sentence

1907The Decker case has been followed and approved in Whitcomb v. Rodman, supra, and Huffman v. Young, supra. Appellees rely principally on the cases of Kurtz v. Hibner, 55 Ill. 514 , Bingel v. Volz, 142 id. 214, and Williams v. Williams, 189 id. 500.

11907–1907
Whitcomb v. Rodman neutral
ill · 1895
1 sentence

1907The Decker case has been followed and approved in Whitcomb v. Rodman, supra, and Huffman v. Young, supra. Appellees rely principally on the cases of Kurtz v. Hibner, 55 Ill. 514 , Bingel v. Volz, 142 id. 214, and Williams v. Williams, 189 id. 500.

11907–1907

Where else courts name it

CA 28 (1905–2026) PA 26 (1861–2021) NY 20 (1890–2023) TX 13 (1952–2024) OR 13 (1898–2024) MI 12 (1969–2021) TN 11 (1993–2026) GA 10 (1983–2017) FL 8 (1981–2021) AZ 7 (1978–2022) CO 6 (1889–2021) WI 6 (1978–2022) NC 6 (1896–2025) IL 6 (1907–2024) MD 5 (1961–2020) WA 5 (1917–2025) MA 5 (1916–2018) IN 5 (1998–2019) OH 5 (1999–2003) UT 4 (1905–2016) MO 4 (1869–2014) NJ 4 (1880–2009) ME 4 (2018–2022) CT 4 (1904–2018) KS 3 (1952–2024) AK 3 (1983–2009) NM 2 (1919–2020) MS 2 (1992–2010) ID 2 (1908–2021) IA 2 (1910–1982) SD 2 (1983–1997) NV 2 (1958–2016) NE 2 (1993–2018)

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