111 Ill. 2d 229 - Purtill v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

1,275

cited by 1,275 later decisions

states following

February 2026

most recently cited

22 federal appellate · 1,217 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 1,275 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 154 Ill. 2d 90 - Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance (1992), 146 Ill. 2d 263 - Loyola Academy v. S & S Roof Maintenance, Inc. (1992)

22 federal appellate · 1,217 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on 48 Ill. 2d 580 - Fooden v. Board of Governors · 57 Ill. 2d 376 - Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co. · 72 Ill. 2d 249 - Walski v. Tiesenga · 60 Ill. 2d 418 - Borowski v. Von Solbrig · United States v. Ash

Cited together with 154 Ill. 2d 90 - Outboard Marine Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · 72 Ill. 2d 249 - Walski v. Tiesenga · 124 Ill. 2d 287 - Addison v. Whittenberg · 129 Ill. 2d 351 - Pyne v. Witmer · 225 Ill. App. 3d 68 - Myers v. Health Specialists, S.C.

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 1,275 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Griffin v. Cohen · Flight v. American Community Management
“`the right of the moving party is clear and free from doubt.'”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Marquette Bank v. Heartland Bank and Trust Company · Estate of Hudson v. Tibble
“the pleadings, depositions, admissions, exhibits, and affidavits on file in the case”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 244 Ill. App. 3d 278 - Finn v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. · Marquette Bank v. Heartland Bank and Trust Company

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.