21 Ill. App. 3d 889 - People v. Sciara’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
89 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably 233 Ill. 2d 345 - In Re Alfred HH (2009), 89 Ill. 2d 308 - People v. Wagner (1982)
89 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 Sibron v. State of New York Peters · People Ex Rel. Wallace v. Labrenz · 18 Ill. App. 3d 315 - People v. Sansone · In Re John Ballay, A/K/A Figeret Hoxha, Patient · John Henry Hewett v. State of North Carolina, R. L. Turner, Warden, Central Prison, Jerry Ray Cassada v. State of North Carolina
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ° ° ° any person afflicted with a mental disorder, * * * if that person, as a result of such mental disorder, is reasonably expected at the time the determination is being made or within a reasonable time thereafter to intentionally or unintentionally physically injure himself or other persons, or is unable to care for himself so as to guard himself from physical injury or to provide for his own physical needs. e “ ”””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This general rule was promulgated in recognition of two exceptions to the mootness doctrine: (1) when dismissal would eliminate an entire class of cases from appellate review, and (2) where there are collateral legal consequences which survive the expiration of the order under review.”
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.