155 Ill. App. 3d 1005 - Lael v. Warga’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Marriage of Leopando · Dill v. Widman · 103 Ill. 2d 302 - Cosmopolitan National Bank v. County of Cook · 111 Ill. App. 3d 372 - Redfern v. Sullivan · 103 Ill. App. 3d 46 - Godare v. Sterling Steel Casting Co.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““an irresistible habit of getting drunk; [citation] a fixed habit of drinking to excess; [citation] an involuntary tendency to become intoxicated, which is acquired by frequent repetition, — such a frequent indulgence to excess as to show a formed habit and inability to control the appetite. [Citation.]” Garrett, 252 Ill. at 326 , 96 N.E. at 885 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person given to inebriety or excessive use of intoxicating drink who has lost the power of will by frequent indulgence to control his appetite for it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re D.M.
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.