191 Ill. 2d 162 - Morrison v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 207 Ill. 2d 578 - Smith v. Central Illinois Regional Airport (2003), 323 Ill. App. 3d 1067 - Smith v. PACE, a SUBURBAN BUS DIV. (2001)
32 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 112 Ill. 2d 273 - O'CONNELL v. St. Francis Hospital · 116 Ill. 2d 63 - Catlett v. Novak · 299 Ill. App. 3d 653 - Scattered Corp. v. Midwest Clearing Corp. · 292 Ill. App. 3d 952 - Wright v. Desate, Inc. · Morrison v. Wagner
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A party shall not be permitted to avoid compliance with discovery deadlines, orders or applicable rules by voluntarily dismissing a lawsuit. In establishing discovery deadlines and ruling on permissible discovery and testimony, the court shall consider discovery undertaken (or the absence of same), any misconduct, and orders entered in prior litigation involving a party.” 166 Ill. 2d R. 219(e).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The plaintiff may, at any time before trial or hearing begins, upon notice to each party who has appeared or each such party’s attorney, and upon payment of costs, dismiss his or her action or any part thereof as to any defendant, without prejudice, by order filed in the cause.” 735 ILCS 5/2 — 1009 (West 1996).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]nstead of limiting a party's right to voluntarily dismiss his claims without prejudice prior to trial, Rule 219(e) prevents voluntary dismissals from being used as an artifice for evading discovery requirements”
2 later decisions 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.