4 Ill. App. 3d 828 - Gard v. Bosch’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"All petitions shall be supported by an affidavit of one or more of the petitioners, or some one on their behalf, that the signatures on the petition represent a majority of the property owners of record and the owners of record of more than 50% of land in the territory described and a majority of the electors of the territory therein described. Petitions so verified shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of such facts." Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 24, par. 7-1-4.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 7 Ill. App. 3d 958 - In Re Petition to Annex Certain Territory

2. “"As a general rule the precision required of a legal description of real estate depends upon purpose of the document, the risk of harm and the likelihood that the parties dealing with such document will be misled, injured or prejudiced. Descriptions of municipal boundaries do not require the same specificity as may be required in deeds. ( People ex rel. Cameron v. Neu, 214 Ill. 287 , 73 N.E. 362 )."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 7 Ill. App. 3d 958 - In Re Petition to Annex Certain Territory