184 Ill. 2d 185 - Cripe v. Leiter’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 6 district · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably 201 Ill. 2d 403 - Robinson v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (2002), 186 Ill. 2d 472 - Weatherman v. Gary-Wheaton Bank of Fox Valley, N.A. (1999)
3 federal appellate · 6 district · 37 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 174 Ill. 2d 482 - Connick v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. · Heslin v. Connecticut Law Clinic of Trantolo & Trantolo · 95 Ill. 2d 211 - Kozak v. RETIREMENT BOARD OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND · 147 Ill. 2d 548 - Sulser v. Country Mutual Insurance · 179 Ill. 2d 519 - Kunkel v. Walton
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Our Consumer Fraud Act, like tiróse discussed in the preceding cases from other jurisdictions, contains no language expressly excluding or including the legal profession loithin its ambit. Despite the absence of such language, there appears to be little dispute among the decisions addressing this issue that consumer protection statutes do not apply to claims arising out of the ‘actual practice of law.’ “Historically, the regulation of attorney conduct in this state has been the prerogative of this court. [Citations omitted.] In the exercise of this power, this court administers a comprehensive regulatory scheme governing attorney conduct. The Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by this court set forth numerous requirements to which attorneys in this state must adhere. [Citation omitted.] Violation of tírese rules is grounds for discipline. This court has appointed an Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) to supervise the ‘registration of, and disciplinary proceedings affecting, members of tire Illinois bar.’ [Citation omitted.] This court has also created a procedural scheme under which the ARDC operates, providing detailed regulations involving inquiry, hearing and review boards. [Citation omitted.] The purpose of this regulatory scheme is to protect the public and maintain the integrity of the legal profession. [Citation omitted.] “Accordingly, the attorney-client relationship in this state, unlike the ordinary merchant-consumer relationship, ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“), Ill. Sup. Ct. R. Art. VIII (amended eff. Jan. 1, 2016). In the District Court and this court, Schaller must abide by the Northern District of Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct. N.D. Ill. R. 83.50 (the " NDIL RPC "). In Illinois, the Supreme Court of Illinois has historically supervised attorney conduct by administering the IL RPC, noting that "[v]iolation of these rules is grounds for discipline.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact, or the use or employment of any practice described in Section 2 of the 'Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act', approved August 5, 1965 [ 815 ILCS 510/2 ], in the conduct of any trade or commerce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.