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735 ILCS 5/2-601 (2026)

Substance of pleadings

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(735 ILCS 5/2-601) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-601)
    Sec. 2-601. Substance of pleadings. In all actions, pleadings shall be as specified in Article II of this Act and the rules. This section does not affect in any way the substantial allegations of fact necessary to state any cause of action.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2008–2025 · leading case: Windy City Metal Fabricators & Supply, Inc. v. CIT Tech. Fin. Servs., Inc., 536 F.3d 663 (7th Cir. 2008).
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Windy City Metal Fabricators & Supply, Inc. v. CIT Tech. Fin. Servs., Inc., 536 F.3d 663 (7th Cir. 2008). “8 (requiring only notice pleading), with 735 ILCS 5/2-601 (requiring that pleadings contain substantial allegations of fact), and Knox Coll.”
Kucinsky v. Pfister, 2020 IL App (3d) 170719 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “at 429 (our supreme court has repeatedly stated that “Illinois is a fact-pleading jurisdiction”); see also 735 ILCS 5/2-601 (West 2016) (providing that in civil practice, “substantial allegations of fact” are necessary to state a cause of action).”
Kucinsky v. Pfister, 2020 IL App (3d) 170719 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “at 429 (our supreme court has repeatedly stated that “Illinois is a fact-pleading jurisdiction”); see also 735 ILCS 5/2-601 (West 2016) (providing that in civil practice, “substantial allegations of fact” are necessary to state a cause of action).”
Bradish v. Aperion Care Marseilles, Inc., 2025 IL App (3d) 240108 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “”); 735 ILCS 5/2-601 (West 2022) (requiring that pleadings contain “substantial allegations of fact”).”
Progressive Ins. Co. v. Williams (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/2-601 et seq. (West 2006). Article II, part 6, of the Code prescribes the procedure that defendants are to follow when they want to challenge defective complaints.”
Windy City Metal Fab v. CIT Tech. Fin (7th Cir. 2008). “8 (requiring only notice pleading), with 735 ILCS 5/2-601 (requiring that pleadings contain substantial allegations of fact), and Knox Coll.”
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