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Russell rule in Illinois

5 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1959–2025 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.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
In Re Marriage of Bettsgreen
illappct · 1987 · cited in 1 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025See Betts, 155 Ill.

11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
People v. Elken green
illappct · 2014
1 sentence

2016People v. Elken, 2014 IL App (3d) 120580, ¶ 29 . ¶ 11 Russell’s claim that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other crimes or bad acts was preserved for direct appeal in that the defense objected to a pretrial motion and included the issue in the defendant’s posttrial motion.

12016–2016
Goggin v. Fox Valley Construction Corp. green
illappct · 1977
2 sentences

1990App. 3d 686, 701-02 , 364 N.E.2d 691 (assuming arguendo the Russell rule); Goggin v. Fox Valley Construction Corp. (1977), 48 Ill.

1990App. 3d 686, 701-02 , 364 N.E.2d 691 (assuming arguendo the Russell rule); Goggin v. Fox Valley Construction Corp. (1977), 48 Ill.

11990–1990
County Board of School Trustees v. Association of Franciscan Fathers green
illappct · 1977
2 sentences

1990App. 3d 686, 701-02 , 364 N.E.2d 691 (assuming arguendo the Russell rule); Goggin v. Fox Valley Construction Corp. (1977), 48 Ill.

1990App. 3d 686, 701-02 , 364 N.E.2d 691 (assuming arguendo the Russell rule); Goggin v. Fox Valley Construction Corp. (1977), 48 Ill.

11990–1990
Brady v. Maryland green
scotus · 1963
2 sentences

1976I disagree with the majority view that cases such as Brady v. Maryland (1963), 373 U.S. 83 , 10 L.

1976I disagree with the majority view that cases such as Brady v. Maryland (1963), 373 U.S. 83 , 10 L.

11976–1976
Kinnare v. City of Chicago green
ill · 1898
2 sentences

1959Then, in 1898, eight years after the English courts had refused to apply the Russell doctrine to schools, the Illinois court extended the immunity rule to school districts in the leading case of Kinnare v. City of Chicago, 171 Ill. 332 , where it was held that the Chicago Board of Education was immune from liability for the death of a laborer resulting from a fall from the roof of a school building, allegedly due to the negligence of the Board in failing to provide scaffolding and safeguards.

1959Then, in 1898, eight years after the English courts had refused to apply the Russell doctrine to schools, the Illinois court extended the immunity rule to school districts in the leading case of Kinnare v. City of Chicago, 171 Ill. 332 , where it was held that the Chicago Board of Education was immune from liability for the death of a laborer resulting from a fall from the roof of a school building, allegedly due to the negligence of the Board in failing to provide scaffolding and safeguards.

11959–1959

Where else courts name it

NC 24 (2003–2022) TX 16 (1988–2024) OH 13 (2002–2026) CA 13 (1970–2023) AL 12 (1997–2023) MS 12 (1988–2017) WA 10 (1982–2025) GA 9 (1994–2021) MN 6 (1993–2012) IN 5 (1981–2015) NE 5 (1992–2016) IL 5 (1959–2025) NY 4 (2012–2022) MI 4 (1986–2016) KY 3 (1923–2026) SC 3 (1998–2025) MT 3 (2008–2014) MA 3 (1999–2023) PA 2 (1985–2018) FL 2 (1984–2014) OK 2 (1979–1998) MO 2 (1979–2016) AR 2 (2013–2025) IA 2 (2019–2022) WY 2 (2021–2024)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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