181 Ill. App. 3d 950 - People v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably Abbott v. Sangamon County (2013), 278 Ill. App. 3d 568 - People v. Floyd (1996)
11 federal appellate · 14 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 32 Ill. App. 3d 459 - People v. Holverson · 92 Ill. App. 3d 112 - People v. Rynberk · 69 Ill. App. 3d 94 - People v. Harkey · 82 Ill. App. 3d 581 - People v. Chrisopulos · 52 Ill. App. 3d 53 - People v. Smith
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Defendant drove up to the gate about 5 p.m. seeking admission to play golf. When Norwood informed him that he could not enter and would have to park his car on the street, defendant jumped out of his ear, and stood within three inches of Nor-wood’s face, cursing at him and telling him that he was going to drive his car into the lot regardless of what Norwood said. Defendant then got back into his car and began to drive it, but Norwood would not move. Defendant pushed his car into Nor-wood, got out again, then ran to his trunk telling Norwood that if he would not move, defendant had something to move him. Defendant opened his trank, then came back to where Norwood was standing, and within striking distance, told Norwood that he was going to “kick his ass.” At trial, Nor-wood stated that he thought defendant was going to hit him at that point.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thompson v. State
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.