241 Ill. 2d 428 - Thompson v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 3 district · 232 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 226 Ill. 2d 208 - Gallagher v. Lenart · 176 Ill. 2d 1 - Advincula v. United Blood Services · 213 Ill. 2d 141 - Central Illinois Light Co. v. Home Insurance · 191 Ill. 2d 278 - Jones v. Chicago HMO Ltd. of Illinois · 105 Ill. 2d 474 - Ferentchak v. Village of Frankfort
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 366 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the words in the contract are clear and unambiguous, they must be given their plain, ordinary and popular meaning.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[a] contract must be construed as a whole, viewing each provision in light of the other provisions.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A court will not interpret a contract in a manner that would nullify or render provisions meaningless, or in a way that is contrary to the plain and obvious meaning of the language used.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.