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← 135 ILLAPP3D 877 - People v. Brenner

People v. Brenner’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 1997
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 73 Ill. 2d 204 - People v. Lutz · 87 Ill. 2d 216 - People v. Ogunsola · 62 Ill. 2d 151 - People v. Garrett · 97 Ill. App. 3d 258 - People v. Curoe · 107 Ill. App. 3d 368 - People v. Sumner

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

  1. “and considered it unrelated to the present case. 4 Brenner has some previous history of trouble as a commodities broker. In a state court bench trial, Brenner, then an independent commodity broker, was found guilty of both deceptive practices and theft by deception, felonies under Illinois law. He received a sentence of probation for one year and a $10,000 fine. The state trial judge described Brenner as”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “one of the worst liars I have ever seen in my life on the stand,”
    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.