384 Ill. App. 3d 546 - Jackson v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 324 Ill. App. 3d 367 - Mann v. Upjohn Co. · 373 Ill. App. 3d 87 - Somers v. Quinn · 263 Ill. App. 3d 653 - Tiller v. Semonis · 371 Ill. App. 3d 1 - Deutsche Bank National v. Burtley · 282 Ill. App. 3d 335 - Moon v. Jones
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether to grant or deny a motion under section 2-1301 is within the sound discretion of the trial court, and its decision will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion or a denial of substantial justice. *** Whether substantial justice is being achieved by vacating a judgment or order is not subject to precise definition, but relevant considerations include diligence or the lack thereof, the existence of a meritorious defense, the severity of the penalty resulting from the order or judgment, and the relative hardships on the parties from granting or denying vacatur.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether to grant or deny a motion for [default judgment] is within the sound discretion of the trial court, and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion or a denial of substantial justice”
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.