23 Ill. App. 2d 154 - Weingart v. Weingart’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The granting of a temporary injunction rests largely in the discretion of the trial court ... and a temporary injunction should not be refused merely because the court may not be absolutely certain that plaintiff or counterclaimant has (the) right he claims. O'Brien v. Matual, 14 Ill. App.2d 173 . An application for an injunction is addressed to the conscience and sound discretion of the court, and it is not controlled by technical legal rules, and unless a reviewing court finds that the discretion has been abused, the order will not be set aside ..."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 33 Ill. App. 2d 374 - Peterson v. Domestic Utility Services Co.

2. ““Where the sole object for which the temporary injunction is sought is the preservation of a fund in controversy or the maintenance of the status quo until the question of the right between the parties can be decided on final hearing, the injunction is properly allowed or maintained even where there may be a serious doubt as to the ultimate success of the complaint.” (Underlining supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 132 Ill. App. 2d 810 - Hoffman v. Wilkins

3. “"The law has outgrown its primitive state of formalism when the precise word was the sovereign talisman, and every slip was fatal."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 47 Ill. App. 2d 468 - Capitol Records, Inc. v. Vee Jay Records, Inc.