185 Ill. App. 3d 543 - Clutts v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 107 Ill. 2d 33 - E & E Hauling, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board · 116 Ill. App. 3d 586 - E & E HAULING, INC. v. Pollution Control Bd. · 123 Ill. App. 3d 1075 - Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. v. Pollution Control Board · 117 Ill. App. 3d 673 - City of East Peoria v. Pollution Control Board
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(i) the facility is necessary to accommodate the waste needs of the area it is intended to serve; (ii) the facility is so designed, located and proposed to be operated that the public health, safety and welfare will be protected; (iii) the facility is located so as to minimize incompatibility with the character of the surrounding area and to minimize the effect on the value of the surrounding property; (iv) the facility is located outside the boundary of the 100 year flood plain on [sic] the site is flood-proofed; (v) the plan of operations for the facility is designed to minimize the danger to the surrounding area from fire, spills, or other operational accidents; (vi) the traffic patterns to or from the facility are so designed as to minimize the impact on existing traffic flows; ***.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 111½, par. 1039.2(a).)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“so long as the decision is in writing, and a record has been made showing the basis for the decision, neither a detailed statement finding specific facts, nor a detailed explanation of the relationship between the facts, the criteria, and the conclusions is necessary.” (Emphasis added.) (Clutts, 185 Ill. App. 3d at 545 .) The court found further that the purpose of these criteria was to impose standards, so that the decision of the Board to approve or deny operation of a proposed facility”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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