14 Ill. 2d 126 - Huckaba v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

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44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that the intent and meaning of a statute are to be determined from the entire statute. A statute is passed as a whole and not in parts. Each section and provision should be construed in connection with every other part or section. [Citation.] In Scofield v. Board of Education, 411 Ill. 11 , we said, at page 15: ‘It is a generally accepted principle of statutory construction, and has been so held by this court many times, that in construing a statute or determining its constitutionality, all its sections are to be construed together in the light of the general purpose and plan, the evil intended to be remedied, and the object to be obtained, and if the language is susceptible of more than one construction, the statute should receive the construction that will effect its purpose rather than defeat it.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 100 Ill. App. 3d 973 - Orbach v. Axelrod

2. ““Reading the entire amendment we find that it was not the intention of the legislature to limit actions brought for injury to means of support to eases where death or a physical injury was suffered by the person furnishing the support, and we hold that the cases which were decided under the Act before the amendment construing the provision creating the right of action for injuries to means of support are still controlling.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 23 Ill. App. 2d 371 - Lowrey v. Malkowski