Legal Opinion · Dissent

Stein v. Meyers

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1911Published

Writ oe Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Michael E. Girten, Judge, presiding.

1DissentChief Justice Carter

I cannot concur in the conclusion reached in the foregoing opinion, and particularly in some of its statements. The questions are so important that it appears advisable to set out my views at some length. While the opinion admits that certain abbreviations of words may be used, it holds, in effect, that none of the abbreviations found in the docket entry here involved are in the English language. With this holding I cannot agree.

The provision of section 18 of the schedule of the constitution was not intended to regulate the extent to which judicial proceedings should be published or…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam-Packet Co. v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
  2. Lewis v. FewNew York Supreme Court · 1809
  3. Faulk v. KellumsIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  4. Lassers v. North-German Lloyd Steamship Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Hughes v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1858

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