261 Ill. App. 3d 821 - SAKONYL v. Lindsey’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently February 2024
3 federal appellate · 16 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 63 Ill. 2d 48 - Lewis v. Dunne · 102 Ill. App. 3d 454 - Schumann v. Kumarich · 130 Ill. App. 3d 900 - Shipley v. Stephenson County Electoral Board
Most-quoted passages
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““It is assumed by [the circulator’s] sworn statement that the circulator is subjecting herself to possible perjury prosecution. Thus, the circulator’s affidavit requirement is considered a meaningful and realistic method of eliminating fraudulent signatures and protecting the integrity of the political process.” Sakonyi, 261 Ill. App. 3d at 826 , 634 N.E.2d at 447 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“testimony assuring the integrity of [the circulator's] oath.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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