169 Ill. App. 3d 73 - Townsend v. Magic Graphics, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 362
Relies on Kalb v. Feuerstein · Kalb v. Feuerstein · Sambo's Restaurants, Inc. v. Wheeler · 157 Ill. App. 3d 450 - James v. Yasunaga · 34 Ill. 2d 358 - Fox v. Department of Revenue
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“operates as a stay, applicable to all entities, of * * * the commencement or continuation * * * of a judicial * * * action or proceeding against the debtor that was or could have been commenced”
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.