People v. Ernest’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 110 Ill. App. 3d 88 - United Nuclear Corp. v. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · People ex rel. Illinois State Dental Society v. Norris · 79 Ill. App. 3d 890 - PEOPLE EX REL. ILL. DENTAL SOC'Y v. Norris
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) embarrass or obstruct the court in its administration of justice or derogate from its authority or dignity; (2) bring the administration of justice into disrepute; or (3) constitute disobedience of a court order or judgment.”
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.