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People ex rel. MacMahon v. Davis

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1918No. 12020PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice; Dunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Fiftieth General Assembly passed with an emergency clause an act which was approved by the Governor on April 20, 1917, (Laws of 1917, p. 724,) amending all those sections of the School law which related to boards of education in cities having a population exceeding 100,000. By section 128 it was provided as follows:

“Sec. 128. Bach city having a population exceeding 100,000 inhabitants shall constitute one school district which shall maintain a thorough and efficient system of free schools, which shall be under the charge of a board of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. Attorney General ex rel. Dust v. OakmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Conger v. GilmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
  4. Wood v. CutterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  5. Baker v. CushmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. United States v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. People Ex Rel. Village of Worth v. IhdeIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Witherspoon v. State Ex Rel. WestMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Neill v. WardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1930
  5. People ex rel. Brundage v. PetersIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

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