55 Ill. 2d 94 - Blase v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"§ 1. Goal—Free Schools A fundamental goal of the People of the State is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. The State shall provide for an efficient system of high quality public educational institutions and services. Education in public schools through the secondary level shall be free. There may be such other free education as the General Assembly provides by law. The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education." (Emphasis added.) Ill. Const. 1970, art. X, § 1.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 79 Ill. 2d 188 - Polich v. Chicago School Finance Authority · 66 Ill. 2d 47 - Cronin v. Lindberg

2. ““In view of the history of the proposal and the repeated explanations of its principal sponsor, it cannot be said that the sentence in question was intended to impose a specific obligation on the General Assembly. Rather its purpose was to state a commitment, a purpose, a goal.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 79 Ill. 2d 188 - Polich v. Chicago School Finance Authority · 66 Ill. 2d 47 - Cronin v. Lindberg

3. “not a legally obligatory command to the state legislature. * * * [I]t is something that can be pointed to every time the question of appropriations from the state to the school districts is at issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 174 Ill. 2d 1 - Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar