Fournier v. Kitsos’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People Ex Rel. Elliott v. Benefiel · 297 Ill. App. 301 - Pappas v. Cappell · Galway v. City of Chicago
Most-quoted passages
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““‘Although wide discretion is given the trial court, the discretion must be exercised within the scope of the law. The picture as seen by the trial court may have differed from the one exhibited to us, but we must act upon the record submitted and not upon extraneous information supplied by counsel. The motion, as reflected by the record, was insufficient factually and inadequate legally to justify setting aside the judgment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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