119 Ill. 2d 229 - In Re Mitan’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably 184 Ill. 2d 185 - Cripe v. Leiter (1998), 177 Ill. App. 3d 615 - Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Anderson (1988)
38 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 In re Day · 75 Ill. 2d 118 - In Re Mitan · 158 Ill. App. 3d 218 - Frisch Contracting Service Co. v. Personnel Protection, Inc. · In the Matter of Julius Lucius Echeles, an Attorney · 41 Ill. 2d 549 - In Re Czachorski
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As long ago as In re Application of Day (1899), 181 Ill. 73 , this court held that it had the inherent power to govern admission to the practice of law in Illinois. It can no longer be disputed that our court possesses the inherent and exclusive power to regulate the practice of law in this State and to sanction or discipline the unprofessional conduct of attorneys admitted to practice before it. [Citations.]” In re Mitan (1987), 119 Ill. 2d 229, 246 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““well grounded in fact and *** warranted by existing law or a good faith argument *** and *** not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“proceedings for reinstatement are sui generis, being neither civil nor criminal in nature”); In re Gillard, 271 N.W.2d 785, 812 (Minn.1978) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.