167 Ill. App. 3d 88 - Levitt v. Gorris’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently January 2011
4 federal appellate · 9 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 115 Ill. 2d 482 - Duldulao v. Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center · Dodge v. Board of Education · 61 Ill. 2d 422 - Romanik v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners · 34 Ill. App. 3d 1055 - Cook v. Askew · 82 Ill. App. 3d 856 - Rinck v. Palos Hills Consolidated High School District No. 230
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A]n employee handbook or other policy statement creates enforceable contractual rights if the traditional requirements for contract formation are present. First, the language of the policy statement must contain a promise clear enough that an employee would reasonably believe that an offer has been made. Second, the statement must be disseminated to the employee in such a manner that the employee is aware of its contents and reasonably believes it to be an offer. Third, the employee must accept the offer by commencing or continuing to work after learning of the policy statement. When these conditions are present, then the employee’s continued work constitutes consideration for the promises contained in the statement, and under traditional principles a valid contract is formed.” (Duldulao, 115 Ill. 2d at 490 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"All original appointments shall be for a probationary period of not less than eighteen (18) months from original date of appointment. If the appointee’s services have not been satisfactory, he will be discharged.” Levitt, 167 Ill. App. 3d at 90 .”
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.