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735 ILCS 5/14-101 (2026)

Action commenced by plaintiff

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(735 ILCS 5/14-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 14-101)
    Sec. 14-101. Action commenced by plaintiff. In all proceedings commenced under Article XIV of this Act the name of the person seeking the relief afforded by this Article shall be set out as plaintiff without the use of the phrase "People ex rel." or "People on the relation of".
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 50 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Beauchamp v. Dart, 2022 IL App (1st) 210091 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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Beauchamp v. Dart, 2022 IL App (1st) 210091 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “¶ 10 Plaintiff brought count III of the complaint under the authority of the mandamus provision of the Code (735 ILCS 5/14-101 et seq. (West 2018)) and sought independent -3- 1-21-0091 mandamus relief against the Sheriff based on the Sheriff’s use of “internal disciplinary…”
Charles Donelson v. Randy Pfister, 811 F.3d 911 (7th Cir. 2016). “See 735 ILCS 5/14-101 to 5/14-109. That’s the established means for an Illinois inmate to challenge in court a disciplinary decision and is also a prerequisite for Illinois prisoners challenging disciplinary actions in federal court by bringing a § 2254 petition in federal court.”
Owens v. Snyder, 811 N.E.2d 738 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “" The record does not show summons to Director Snyder was issued or that he was served a summons or the complaint. Snyder never responded to the complaint.”
McFatridge v. Madigan, 2013 IL 113676 (Ill. 2013). “Plaintiffs, Michael McFatridge and the County of Edgar, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus (see 735 ILCS 5/14-101 et seq. (West 2010)) in the circuit court of Sangamon County to compel defendant, Lisa M.”
Dupree v. Hardy, 2011 IL App (4th) 100351 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “OPINION ¶1 In May 2009, plaintiff, Cedric Dupree, an inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center, pro se filed a petition for writ of mandamus under article 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Civil Code) (735 ILCS 5/14-101 through 14-109 (West 2008)), alleging that defendants, Marcus…”
Quinn v. Bd. of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago Electoral Bd., 2019 IL App (1st) 190189 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Naming only The Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago (Board of Election), as a respondent-defendant with respect to that portion of its petition seeking a writ of mandamus, brought pursuant to article 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/14-101…”
Newsome v. Illinois Prison Review Bd., 776 N.E.2d 325 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Mandamus is a civil proceeding governed by sections 14-101 through 14-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/14-101 through 14-109 (West 2000)), and it lies to compel an action by an officer that is purely ministerial and not discretionary ( Dennis E.”
Jarmuth v. City of Chicago, 43 F. Supp. 3d 889 (N.D. Ill. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 1983 , as well as state law claims for a petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/14-101 (Count III) and indemnification pursuant to 745 ILCS 10/9-102 (Count IV).”
People v. Madej, 739 N.E.2d 423 (Ill. 2000). “*425 Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Gregory Madej, appeals from the decision of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for relief from judgment (see 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 1998)) and denying his petition for writ of mandamus (see…”
DUPREE v. Hardy, 960 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “¶ 1 In May 2009, plaintiff, Cedric Dupree, an inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center, pro se filed a petition for writ of mandamus under article 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Civil Code) (735 ILCS 5/14-101 through 14-109 (West 2008)), alleging that defendants, Marcus Hardy…”
Lavite v. Dunstan, 2016 IL App (5th) 150401 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “More importantly, the Code provides that “[t]he proceedings for mandamus shall not be dismissed nor the relief denied because the plaintiff may have another judicial remedy, even where such other remedy will afford proper and sufficient relief; and amendments may be allowed as…”
Lavite v. Dunstan, 2016 IL App (5th) 150401 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “More importantly, the Code provides that "[t]he proceedings for mandamus shall not be dismissed nor the relief denied because the plaintiff may have another judicial remedy, even where such other remedy will afford proper and sufficient relief; and amendments may be allowed as…”
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