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Cited Authorities Verification Report

Citation Source & Quote Verification

Case: Seymens v. IDES Board of Review, No. 5-26-0084 (Ill. App. 5th Dist.) Brief Filed: May 1, 2026 Verified: July 6, 2026

Executive Summary — 20 of 22 case-law URLs resolve successfully. 5 of 5 statute URLs resolve. 18 cited authorities total (13 case law, 5 statutes). 4 quotes are exact matches; 8 are paraphrases (including 1 pre-existing). Source platforms used: Justia (including Wayback Machine snapshots), Illinois Courts PDF, FindLaw, Leagle, Syfert, CaseMine, and ILGA. The 735 ILCS statute URLs were corrected to the proper ActID.

20/22

Case-Law URLs OK

5/5

Statute URLs OK

Cited Authorities

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Cited Authorities — Case Law
Cited Authorities — Statutes
Illinois Supreme Court Rules

Part A & B — Cited Authorities: Case Law

A1. Smith v. Airoom, Inc., 114 Ill. 2d 209 (1986)

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1986/62371-7.html Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

[paraphrase] The petitioner must show: (1) the existence of a meritorious claim or defense; (2) due diligence in presenting this clai...

A2. People v. Vincent, 226 Ill. 2d 1 (2007)

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/2007/101477.html Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

Alt URL: Illinois Courts PDF Illinois Courts Official

Quote manually verified at Illinois Courts PDF.

[paraphrase] When a petition is dismissed without an evidentiary hearing, the reviewing court conducts a de novo review to determine ...

A3. People v. Castleberry, 2015 IL 116916

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/2015/116916.html Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

Alt URL: Illinois Courts PDF Illinois Courts Official

Quote manually verified at Illinois Courts PDF.

[paraphrase] We now hold that, except for the circuit court's lack of personal or subject matter jurisdiction, no order is void ab in...

A4. LVNV Funding, LLC v. Trice, 2015 IL 116129

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/2015/113817-0.html Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

Alt URL: Justia Justia Official

Quote manually verified at Justia.

[paraphrase] Only judgments entered without personal or subject-matter jurisdiction are void ab initio.

A5. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Tr. Co., 339 U.S. 306 (1950)

URL: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/339/306/ Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

✓ [exact] An elementary and fundamental requirement of due process in any proceeding which is to be accorded finality is notice re...

A6. Jones v. Flowers, 547 U.S. 220 (2006)

URL: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/547/220/ Wayback Machine (via Justia) HTTP 200Wayback

✓ [exact] When mailed notice of a tax sale is returned unclaimed, the State must take additional reasonable steps to attempt to pr...

A7. Foutch v. O'Bryant, 99 Ill. 2d 389 (1984)

URL: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/59148f91add7b0493456788c CaseMine HTTP 200

Paraphrase — not a direct quote from the opinion.

A8. Paul v. Gerald Adelman & Associates, Ltd., 223 Ill. 2d 85 (2006)

URL: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-supreme-court/1105264.html FindLaw HTTP 200

Alt URL: Leagle Leagle Official

Quote manually verified at Leagle.

[paraphrase] Section 2-1401 is a comprehensive statutory procedure that permits a party to challenge a final order or judgment after ...

A9. West v. West, 76 Ill. 2d 226 (1979)

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1979/51266-6.html Justia HTTP 200

B1. Berg v. White, 357 Ill. App. 3d 496 (4th Dist. 2005)

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2005/4040269.html Justia HTTP 200

Fallback URL: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-court-of-appeals/1194495.html FindLaw HTTP 200

Alt URL: Syfert Syfert Alternate

Quote manually verified at Syfert.

✓ [exact] This case falls squarely under Mitchell

✓ [exact] the judgment becomes final only when the signed judgment is filed

[paraphrase] The circuit court's July 23, 2003, docket-entry order was a final order, and Berg's March 24, 2004, notice of appeal was...

[paraphrase] We therefore dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction

B2. People v. Laugharn, 233 Ill. 2d 318 (2009)

URL: https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/6460d692-8c4a-43be-9041-d3184525f06b/907273.pdf Illinois Courts Unavailable

Alt URL: Syfert Syfert Alternate

B3. People v. Reyes, 2023 IL 128461

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/2023/128461.html Justia HTTP 200

Alt URL: Illinois Courts PDF Illinois Courts Official

B4. Hernandez v. Department of Labor, 83 Ill. 2d 512 (1981)

URL: https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1981/52087.html Justia Unavailable

Alt URL: Syfert Syfert Alternate