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preponderance of evidence standard in Illinois

8 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2018 0 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.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (7)

CaseCitedYears
People v. Franklin green
illappct · 2012
2 sentences

2018It’s what each of you individually and collectively, as 12 of you, believe is beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ” Franklin, 2012 IL App (3d) 100618, ¶ 4 .

2017It's what each of you individually and collectively, as 12 of you, believe is beyond a reasonable doubt.' " Franklin , 2012 IL App (3d) 100618 , ¶ 4, 361 Ill.Dec. 301 , 970 N.E.2d 1247 .

22017–2018
Board of Education v. Ingels green
illappct · 1979
2 sentences

2004Cf. Board of Education of Minooka Community Consolidated School District No. 201 v. Ingels , 75 Ill.

2004Cf. Board of Education of Minooka Community Consolidated School District No. 201 v. Ingels, 75 Ill.

22004–2004
Dilatush v. Salyers neutral
illappct · 1936
1 sentence

1988However, it has also been stated that “in order to obtain equitable relief it is necessary that a complainant must establish the facts supporting such claim by clear and convincing evidence.” Dilatush v. Salyers (1936), 285 Ill.

11988–1988
Singer v. Jennison neutral
· 1871
1 sentence

1988In an early Illinois Supreme Court case in which a plaintiff sought to enjoin the sale of real estate, the court reviewed the evidence presented at trial and reversed the decree of the trial court stating, “[t]he testimony most decidedly preponderates in favor of the conclusion that the notes and trust deed in dispute were given as collateral security for the payment of the purchase money of the distillery.” (Emphasis added.) (Singer v. Jennison (1871), 60 Ill. 443, 447 .) Thus, under Singer, it would appear that the proper burden of proof for an equity case is a preponderance of evidence stan

11988–1988
Village of Park Forest v. Angel green
illappct · 1976
1 sentence

1983(Village of Park Forest v. Angel (1976), 37 Ill.

11983–1983
People v. Dixon neutral
illappct · 1980
1 sentence

1981We quarrel not with this assertion, having so held in the cases of In re Dixon (1980), 81 Ill.

11981–1981
United States v. John Digilio, in No. 75-2218. Appeal of Harry Lupo, in No. 75-2219. Appeal of Peter Szwandrak, in No. 75-2220 green
ca3 · 1976
1 sentence

1978As the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said in United States v. DiGilio (3d Cir. 1976), 538 F.2d 972 , 988: “Allocation of the burden of proof will be significant, in theory at least, only in the rare case when, assuming the evidence is weighed by the preponderance of evidence standard, the conflicting evidence is in equipoise in the mind of the fact finder.

11978–1978

Where else courts name it

CA 72 (1952–2026) TX 47 (1965–2022) PA 38 (1985–2024) MD 32 (1972–2023) GA 25 (1936–2026) WA 21 (1984–2026) NY 16 (1904–2016) NJ 16 (1981–2021) FL 14 (1958–2024) CO 14 (1982–2024) LA 12 (1972–2013) VT 10 (1977–2016) IA 9 (1976–2023) SC 8 (2007–2022) CT 8 (1988–2009) IL 8 (1978–2018) ND 7 (1979–2007) TN 7 (2001–2022) OH 7 (1969–2018) MA 7 (1998–2014) IN 6 (1983–2013) DE 6 (2018–2026) MO 5 (1996–2014) AK 5 (1987–2023) KY 4 (1992–2025) WV 4 (1955–2025) NE 4 (1987–1998) KS 4 (1989–2024) MS 4 (1953–2003) OR 4 (1960–2007) WY 4 (1977–2011) NM 3 (1983–1997) WI 3 (1978–2023) AZ 3 (1981–2022) DC 3 (1976–1999) UT 3 (1991–1995) MI 3 (1980–2025) VA 2 (2020–2025) ID 2 (1991–2021) NV 2 (1979–1992) HI 2 (1997–2025) AR 2 (1968–2025)

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