Bh Ch Je v. McDonald T Murphy R W T’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 4 state decisions

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

1. “"Now, three years [after approval of the consent decree], all sides agree that the DCFS has failed to meet its obligations under the consent decree. The DCFS has consistently failed to deliver plans for effecting real change and has missed the deadlines set out in the consent decree." ( B.H., 49 F.3d at 295 .)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. M.K. v. Corman · 284 Ill. App. 3d 449 - In Re MK

2. “The ACLU, which commenced this suit in the name of the neglected children of Illinois, believes that the Illinois legislature has acted unwisely—that it has been too stingy with money and has given DCFS the wrong set of priorities. The ACLU and the DCFS do not necessarily agree on the right way to handle the needs of children, but they coincide in thinking that the legislative solution is the wrong one. So they assented to moving the subject from the legislature's province to their own. The legislature of Illinois was not consulted about, and did not accede to, this allocation of power—and, even if the legislature had consented, the judge should not have been an accomplice to the transfer of a political question to a judicial tribunal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 284 Ill. App. 3d 449 - In Re MK

3. “The decision to close the conferences aroused the ire of [Public Guardian] Patrick Murphy, who had earlier sought unsuccessfully to intervene.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 284 Ill. App. 3d 449 - In Re MK