McMann v. Illinois Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chicago Motor Bus Co. v. Chicago Stage Co. · Chicago Junction Railway Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 3 Ill. 2d 66 - Eagle Bus Lines, Inc. v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 12 Ill. 2d 319 - Forest Preserve District v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 28 Ill. 2d 294 - Citizens Valley View Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) 999 [I]t shall be unlawful for any common carrier of property by motor vehicle to operate 9 9 9 without first having obtained from the Commission a certificate 9 9 9 declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation. The Commission shall issue a certificate to any qualified applicant therefor after hearing, pursuant to an application filed, authorizing the whole or any part of the operation covered by the application, and may attach to the exercise of the rights and privileges granted by such certificate such terms and conditions as the public convenience and necessity may require, if it is found that the applicant is fit, willing and able properly to perform the service proposed and to conform to provisions of this Chapter and the requirements, rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and that the proposed service, to the extent authorized by the certificate, is required by the present and future public convenience and necessity, otherwise such application shall be denied. In determining whether or not a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued, the Commission shall give due consideration among other factors as to whether or not the granting of the authority of the proposed service would recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of, and foster sound economic conditions in, such transportation and among such carriers in the public interest, and whether or not the granting of the authority for the proposed servic”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.