Conglis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every person is presumed to know the nature and extent of the powers of State officers and therefore cannot be deemed to have been deceived or misled by acts done without legal authority. It is a familiar principal of law that all persons who deal with municipalities and subordinate boards and agencies of the State and National Government must, at their peril, inquire into the powers of the officers or agents of such municipalities, boards or agencies to make the contract contemplated. The acts of such officers can only bind in a manner and to the extent of authorized authority.” (Conglis v. State, 14 Ill. Ct. Cl. 73, 77 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. State