100 Ill. App. 2d 410 - Booth v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The dismissal of a party’s cause of ■ action is drastic punishment and should not be invoked except in those cases where the actions of the party show a deliberate and contumacious disregard of the court’s authority.’ ” ( 100 Ill.App.2d at 415-416 .)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 23 Ill. App. 3d 726 - Dienthal v. Branovacki · 43 Ill. App. 3d 759 - In Re Estate of Fado

2. ““(c) Failure to Comply with Order or Rules. If a party, or any person at the instance of or in collusion with a party, unreason>ably refuses to comply with any provision of Rules 201 through 218, or fails to comply with any order entered under these rules, the court, on motion, may enter * * * such orders as are just, including, among others, the following: # # # . (iii) that he be debarred from maintaining any particular claim, counterclaim, third-party complaint, or defense relating to that issue.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 23 Ill. App. 3d 726 - Dienthal v. Branovacki