192 Ill. 2d 233 - Nichol v. Stass’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably 203 Ill. 2d 441 - Wallace v. Smyth (2002), Marcella Richman v. Michael Sheahan (2001)
7 federal appellate · 20 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · 156 Ill. 2d 112 - Kedzie and 103rd Currency Exchange, Inc. v. Hodge · 159 Ill. 2d 469 - Illinois Graphics Co. v. Nickum · Goller v. White · Doe ex rel. Doe v. New York City Department of Social Services
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a broad range of decisions affecting the vital interests of the children involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[A]lthough the relationship between foster parents and foster children is not identical with the relationship between biological parents and their children, we believe that it would be anomalous to reject some form of the [parental immunity] defense in these circumstances. The rationale identified by the Cates court as justifying the retention of some portion of the doctrinethe preservation of parental authority and discipline [citation]is also applicable in the foster parent setting. Although foster parents receive compensation for their role, they exercise a substantial amount of discretion in discipline, supervision, and care, areas in which Cates found immunity to be appropriate." Nichol, 192 Ill.2d at 244-45 , 248 Ill.Dec. 931 , 735 N.E.2d 582 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although the relationship between foster parents and foster children is not identical with the relationship between biological parents and their children, we believe that it would be anomalous to reject some form of the defense in these circumstances. The rationale identified by the Cates court as justifying the retention of some portion of the doctrine — the preservation of parental authority and discipline [citation] — is also applicable in the foster parent setting. Although foster parents receive compensation for their role, they exercise a substantial amount of discretion in discipline, supervision, and care, areas in which Cates found immunity to be appropriate.” Nichol, 192 Ill. 2d at 244-45 .”
1 later decision 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.