Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 5/1-106 (2026)
Act to be liberally construed
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(735 ILCS 5/1-106)
(from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
Sec. 1-106.
Act to be liberally construed.
This Act shall be liberally construed, to the end that controversies
may be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive
rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in derogation of the
common law must be strictly construed does not apply to this Act or to
the rules made in relation thereto.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 36
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Ultsch v. Illinois Mun. Ret. Fund, 874 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. 2007).
Ultsch v. Illinois Mun. Ret. Fund, 874 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. 2007). “" 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 2004). This contention completely lacks merit.”
Caulkins v. Pritzker, 2023 IL 129453 (Ill. 2023). “”); 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 2022). ¶ 38 The complaint mentioned the second amendment and article I, section 22, only in passing.”
Bryson v. News Am. Publications, Inc., 672 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1996). “The trial and appellate courts dismissed the punitive damage claims, finding that the complaint failed to set forth sufficient factual allegations from which actual malice may be said to exist.”
Vicencio v. Lincoln-Way Builders, Inc., 789 N.E.2d 290 (Ill. 2003). “Further, the Code itself is to be liberally construed, and the "rule that statutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed does not apply" to the Code or to "rules made in relation thereto.”
Kingbrook, Inc. v. Pupurs, 779 N.E.2d 867 (Ill. 2002). “2d 324 (1985); 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 1998). Each side claims support for its position in previous decisions of this court.”
Berg v. Allied Sec., Inc., 737 N.E.2d 160 (Ill. 2000). “It is not a reason for holding that the motion does not even qualify as motion. A lame horse, after all, is still a horse.”
J.D. Marshall Int'l, Inc. v. First Nat'l Bank of Chicago, 651 N.E.2d 518 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “Justice HARTMAN, dissenting: Contrary to the legislative directive that the "Act be liberally construed, to the end that controversies may be speedily and finally determined according to the substantive rights of the parties" (735 ILCS 5/1-106), the majority has construed…”
Billerbeck v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., 685 N.E.2d 1018 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “2d 1, 2 (1994), citing 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 1992). Defendant argues public policy supports a determination plaintiff acted without reasonable diligence.”
Kopnick v. JL Woode Mgmt. Co., LLC, 2017 IL App (1st) 152054 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 2014). Section 2-616(a) of the Code provides that the trial court may allow amendments to pleadings on just and reasonable terms, at any time before final judgment.”
McCann v. Presswood, 721 N.E.2d 811 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 1998). The legislature enacted section 2-604.”
McCormack v. Leons, 634 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “Also, although plaintiff had one year to refile her lawsuit after the trial court's dismissal for want of prosecution (735 ILCS 5/13-217), she in fact refiled only 45 days after the dismissal on September 30, 1991, just a few days after the expiration of the statute of…”
Ryan v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of the City of Chicago, 2018 IL App (1st) 172669 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “See 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 1996)." Smith v. City of Chicago , 299 Ill.”
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