7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from O'BRIEN v. White.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'BRIEN v. White Anchor | green | “by contrast, when an election code provision specifies the consequences of noncompliance, the provision has been held to be mandatory.” | 3 |
| 2 | O'BRIEN v. White | green | “in resolving a mixed question of law and fact, a reviewing court must determine whether established facts satisfy applicable legal rules.” | 3 |
| 3 | Atkinson v. Roddy | green | “whether the deviation impairs the purpose of the specific statutory provision at issue.” | 3 |
| 4 | Atkinson v. Schelling | green | “more than 550 signatures and less than 610.” | 3 |
| 5 | Samuelson v. Cook County Officers Electoral Board | green | “a candidate is deemed not to be in substantial compliance with the election code when he 'completely ignores one of the statutory elements.” | 3 |
| 6 | South Stickney Park District v. Village of Bedford Park | green | “it is the duty of this court to decide actual controversies which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before it , as decisi…” | 3 |
| 7 | People ex rel. Martin v. White | green | “are valid or whether the objections thereto should be sustained” | 3 |
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