Beahringer v. Page’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
148 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 155 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2026 · most notably 216 Ill. 2d 100 - Avery v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (2005), 207 Ill. 2d 167 - Dawdy v. Union Pacific RR Co. (2003)
148 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)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E
Relies on Turner v. Safley · 174 Ill. 2d 77 - Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc. · 179 Ill. 2d 367 - Best v. Taylor MacHine Works · 122 Ill. 2d 462 - Greer v. Illinois Housing Development Authority · 151 Ill. 2d 142 - Hartlein v. Illinois Power 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 155 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`the court to take hold of a controversy one step sooner than normally-that is, after the dispute has arisen, but before steps are taken which give rise to claims for damages or other relief. The parties to the dispute can then learn the consequences of their actions before acting.' [Citations.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) No action or proceeding is open to objection on the ground that a merely declaratory judgment or order is sought thereby. The court may, in cases of actual controversy, make binding declarations of rights, having the force of final judgments, whether or not any consequential relief is or could be claimed, including the determination, at the instance of anyone interested in the controversy, of the construction of any statute, municipal ordinance, or other governmental regulation * * * and a declaration of the rights of the parties interested.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"`"Actual" in this context does not mean that a wrong must have been committed and injury inflicted. Rather, it requires a showing that the underlying facts and issues of the case are not moot or premature, so as to require the court to pass judgment on mere abstract propositions of law, render an advisory opinion, or give legal advice as to future events.' [Citation.]" (Emphasis omitted.) Beahringer, 204 Ill.2d at 374 , 273 Ill.Dec. 784 , 789 N.E.2d at 1224 .”
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.