129 Ill. App. 3d 593 - Leck v. Michaelson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on 75 Ill. 2d 494 - County of Cook v. John Sexton Contractors Co. · 89 Ill. 2d 45 - Commercial National Bank of Chicago v. City of Chicago · 85 Ill. 2d 101 - City of Evanston v. Create, Inc. · 61 Ill. 2d 537 - Ampersand, Inc. v. Finley · 64 Ill. 2d 576 - Pechous v. Slawko
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) *** Except as limited by this Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; ***. * * * (g) The General Assembly by a law *** may deny or limit the power to tax and any other power or function of a home rule unit not exercised or performed by the State other than a power or function specified in subsection (1) of this Section. (h) The General Assembly may provide specifically by law for the exclusive exercise by the State of any power or function of a home rule unit other than a taxing power or a power or function specified in subsection (1) of this section. (i) Home rule units may exercise and perform concurrently with the State any power or function of a home rule unit to the extent that the General Assembly by law does not specifically limit the concurrent exercise or specifically declare the State’s exercise to be exclusive.” Ill. Const. 1970, art. VII, sec. 6.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Shall a run-off election be held for any candidates for public office in the Village of Lansing who do not receive fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast for that office.””
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.