24 Ill. App. 3d 671 - People v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The equal protection of the laws shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex by the State or its units of local government and school districts." Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, § 18.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 31 Ill. App. 3d 586 - People v. Yocum · 63 Ill. 2d 433 - People v. Boyer

2. ““To deny that fundamental biological differences between men and women preclude the identical physical conduct by each is to deny the obvious. The term 'sexual intercourse’ is defined in section 11— 1 of the Criminal Code as 'sexual intercourse occurs when there is any penetration of the female sex organ by the male sex organ.’ It is thus obvious that no female is physically or biologically able to perform sexual intercourse with another female no matter whether the relationship is one of consanguinity or affinity. To equate the father-daughter relationship with a mother-son sexual relationship as similar acts between parents and a designated child ignores the differences between those acts, physically, psychologically, naturally, historically, and statistically. No governmental agency either through constitution or "statute can make acts identical which are fundamentally nonidentical. No agency of government by statute or constitution can declare a stated relationship equal when in fact they are not.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 32 Ill. App. 3d 547 - People v. Williams

3. ““(a) Any male person who shall perform any of the following acts with a person he knows is his daughter commits aggravated incest: (1) Has sexual intercourse; or (2) An act of deviate sexual conduct.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 63 Ill. 2d 433 - People v. Boyer