165 Ill. 2d 482 - Charles v. Seigfried’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
88 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably 203 Ill. 2d 223 - Wakulich v. Mraz (2003), 193 Ill. 2d 560 - Morris B. Chapman & Associates, Ltd. v. Kitzman (2000)
88 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mitseff v. Wheeler · 85 Ill. 2d 1 - Alvis v. Ribar · 70 Ill. 2d 1 - Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package MacHinery Co. · 22 Ill. 2d 73 - Knierim v. Izzo · Ling v. Jan's Liquors
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The primary expression of Illinois public and social policy should emanate from the legislature. This is especially true regarding issues like the present one [whether to recognize a cause of action against social hosts who serve alcohol to minors], where there is disagreement on whether a new rule is warranted. *** *** The General Assembly, by its very nature, has a superior ability to gather and synthesize data pertinent to the issue. It is free to solicit information and advice from the many public and private organizations that may be impacted. Moreover, it is the only entity with the power to weigh and properly balance the many competing societal, economic, and policy considerations involved.” Charles, 165 Ill. 2d at 493 , 651 N.E.2d at 160 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]or over one century, this court has spoken with a single voice to the effect that no social host liability exists in Illinois”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“stand by precedent and leave settled points of law undisturbed”
2 later decisions 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.