131 Ill. App. 2d 960 - Siltman v. Reeves’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Disbarment of Allison · 46 Ill. 2d 465 - Plank v. Holman · 33 Ill. 2d 514 - Miller v. Pillsbury Co. · 112 Ill. App. 2d 42 - Abramson v. Levinson · People ex rel. County Collector v. Hopedale Medical Foundation
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““<t « # reconstruction testimony may not be used as a substitute for eyewitness testimony where such is available. Whether it may be used in addition to eyewitness testimony is determined by whether it is necessary to rely on knowledge and application of principles of science beyond the ken of the average juror.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Payne v. Noles
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.