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← 401 ILLAPP3D 416 - People v. Robert M.

People v. Robert M.’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2020
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 217 Ill. 2d 348 - People v. Christopher K. · 131 Ill. 2d 491 - Simcox v. Simcox · 212 Ill. 2d 389 - People Ex Rel. Department of Public Aid v. Smith · 219 Ill. 2d 166 - People v. Wooddell · 224 Ill. 2d 144 - People v. Pack

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

  1. “[a] signed acknowledgment of paternity entered under this Act may be challenged in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof upon the challenging party.”
    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.