Ruch v. Padgett’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · 207 Ill. 2d 167 - Dawdy v. Union Pacific RR Co. · 116 Ill. 2d 217 - Bland v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 198 Ill. 2d 511 - First Nat. Bank v. Guerine · 219 Ill. 2d 430 - Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The issue, then, is not what decision we would have reached if we were reviewing the facts on a clean slate, but whether the trial court acted in a way that no reasonable person would.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“we may affirm a trial court's forum non conveniens order on any basis found in the record.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Before weighing the relevant factors, a court must first decide how much deference to give to a plaintiff's choice of forum.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.