113 Ill. App. 2d 324 - Cicale v. Aronson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If a party to this case has failed to produce a witness within his power to produce, you may infer that the testimony of the witness would be adverse to that party if you believe each of the following elements: . (1.) The witness was under the control of the party and could have been produced by the exercise of reasonable diligence. (2.) That witness was not equally available to an adverse party. (3.) A reasonably prudent person under the same or similar circumstances would have produced the witness if he believed the testimony would be favorable to him. (4.) A reasonable excuse for the failure has been shown.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 23 Ill. App. 3d 776 - Panos v. McMahon