Lapsed Appropriation Claims
When an agency owes a valid bill but the appropriation that would have paid it has lapsed, the claim goes to the Court of Claims, whose award is then paid from a later appropriation.
899Published opinions, 1948–2025
854With a dollar award
$13,824,943Total awarded in these opinions
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By decade
| Decade | Opinions | Awards | Total awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $2,345 |
| 1960s | 84 | 83 | $204,807 |
| 1970s | 711 | 707 | $2,125,021 |
| 1980s | 55 | 31 | $6,186,138 |
| 1990s | 36 | 23 | $4,759,561 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | $498,193 |
| 2010s | 3 | 1 | $84 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | $48,792 |
Largest awards
| Case | Date | Outcome | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Brothers v. State of Illinois 52 Ill. Ct. Cl. 191 | November 1, 1994 | awarded | $3,196,248.33 |
| (no 83-Cc-2737-Claimant Awarded $24 v. State of Illinois 36 Ill. Ct. Cl. 321 | July 28, 1983 | awarded | $2,478,700 |
| County of Cook v. State of Illinois 40 Ill. Ct. Cl. 143 | June 22, 1987 | awarded | $2,427,344.05 |
| County of Cook v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 62 | August 27, 1973 | awarded | $767,625.39 |
| Fru-Con Corporation and Granite Construction, known as the Joint Venture v. State of Illinois 50 Ill. Ct. Cl. 50 | January 17, 1996 | awarded | $681,819.86 |
| William Acoff v. State of Illinois 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 364 | September 21, 1981 | awarded | $466,727.37 |
| James Cape & Sons Co. v. State of Illinois 52 Ill. Ct. Cl. 322 | March 23, 2000 | awarded | $453,145.25 |
| A & H Plumbing and Heating Co. v. State of Illinois 42 Ill. Ct. Cl. 195 | June 8, 1990 | awarded | $407,086.91 |
| Mary Norman v. State of Illinois 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 895 | May 2, 1983 | dismissed | $349,146.79 |
| Hilfinger v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 147 | April 14, 1976 | awarded | $135,507 |
| (no. &i-Cc-1448-Claimant Awarded $124 v. Illinois Department of Central Management Services 39 Ill. Ct. Cl. 133 | July 1,1986 | awarded | $124,398.09 |
| Guarantee Electrical Co. v. State of Illinois 43 Ill. Ct. Cl. 35 | May 30, 1991 | awarded | $108,641.62 |
| All States Painting, Inc. v. State of Illinois 43 Ill. Ct. Cl. 231 | June 18, 1991 | awarded | $103,660.25 |
| Community College District 526 v. State of Illinois 41 Ill. Ct. Cl. 56 | January 9, 1989 | awarded | $85,355.59 |
| Thos. M. Madden Co. v. State of Illinois 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 319 | January 23, 1996 | awarded | $73,352.15 |
| Wayne L. Appleton v. State of Illinois 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 672 | March 14, 1979 | awarded | $65,935 |
| John Duffy v. State of Illinois 39 Ill. Ct. Cl. 143 | August 6, 1986 | awarded | $54,848.93 |
| American Janitorial Services v. State of Illinois 50 Ill. Ct. Cl. 208 | February 27, 1998 | awarded | $51,896 |
| (no 74-Cc-354 - Claimant Awarded $458 70 ) Texaco v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 356 | April 17, 1974 | awarded | $45,870 |
| American Foundation for the Blind v. State of Illinois 39 Ill. Ct. Cl. 200 | August 5, 1986 | awarded | $45,280.23 |
| Four Rivers Special Education District v. Illinois State Board of Education 62 Ill. Ct. Cl. 201 | April 30, 2009 | awarded | $45,047.80 |
| Frank B. Hall & Co. v. Illinois Department of General Services 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 178 | December 17, 1973 | awarded | $43,890.07 |
| Century Machine Shop v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 182 | December 17, 1973 | awarded | $43,076.07 |
| Hallett & Sons Expert Movers v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 471 | April 9, 1975 | awarded | $39,919.40 |
| Glenstone Homeowners Association v. Illinois Department of Transportation 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 388 | May 13, 1996 | awarded | $39,555.40 |
Counts and totals come from the extracted fields of the published opinions in this archive, which may contain
OCR errors; the official volume PDF is the source of record. Volumes 24 and 32 are not yet included.
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