235 Ill. 2d 21 - Blum v. Koster’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
309 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 204 Ill. 2d 159 - People v. Donoho · 224 Ill. 2d 312 - People v. Perry · 103 Ill. 2d 266 - In Re Marriage of Logston · 214 Ill. 2d 206 - People v. Collins · 195 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Hall
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 326 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[Jerry] has certain retirement benefits through [SEES] which are valued at approximately $84,000 as of April 20, 1999, the date of entry of the [¡judgment of [dissolution of [m]arriage on grounds. Said retirement benefits shall be equally divided as of April 20, 1999, pursuant to a separate QILDRO to be entered by agreement of the parties or by order of the court.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“`occurs when the trial court's ruling is arbitrary, fanciful, unreasonable, or where no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the trial court.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“when the basis for an award of maintenance is established in the record, it is not mandatory that the trial court make explicit findings for each of the statutory factors”
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.