343 Ill. App. 31 - Jackson v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * the duty of a fiduciary to account is not discharged by submitting books of account, no matter how voluminous; nor is it discharged by the voluntary submission of those books to numerous accountants’ examinations, no matter how searching. The fiduciary’s duty requires that he go further and disclose all the facts within and outside the records which bear on the deceased partner’s interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 273 F. Supp. 954 - Reed v. Robilio

2. ““A court of equity has broad discretion in the matter of interest. [Citations.] ‘In equity * * * interest is allowed because of equitable considerations, and is given or withheld as under all the circumstances of the case seems equitable and just.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 46 Ill. App. 3d 848 - Grandview Development Co. v. Finley Enterprises, Inc.

3. “"We do not mean to ask for briefs barren of all literary zeal and pungency. What we suggest is that the condiment be used with discretion and not in doses that make the whole dish unpalatable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 271 Ill. App. 3d 469 - In Re Marriage of Adler