57 Ill. 2d 105 - Exline v. Weldon’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably 115 Ill. 2d 294 - Szajna v. General Motors Corp. (1986), 63 Ill. 2d 31 - Smith v. D.R.G., Inc. (1976)
58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 11 Ill. 2d 447 - Cherin v. R. & C. COMPANY · 29 Ill. 2d 542 - Urban v. Lois, Inc. · 36 Ill. 2d 241 - Dahlke v. Hawthorne, Lane & Co. · 37 Ill. 2d 404 - Zeve v. Levy · 21 Ill. 2d 353 - Shapiro v. Hruby
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The concept of fraud `implies a wrongful intent an act calculated to deceive.' [Citation.] The failure to attain knowledge concerning certain facts is not necessarily indicative of a lack of diligent inquiry [citation]; and, even if a more persistent effort could have been made in the conduct of the search and inquiry, this is not proof of fraud unless there exists evidence of wrongful intent or a deceptive design. [Citation.] Decisions of this court have upheld the validity of the tax-deed proceedings under varying circumstances. Analyzing the diverse factors in each is unnecessary. It is sufficient to note that the burden is upon the owner to establish the invalidity of the procedure."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"Tax deeds issued pursuant to this Section are incontestable except by appeal from the order of the court directing the county clerk to issue the tax deed. However, relief from such order may be had under Section 72 of the `Civil Practice Act', approved June 23, 1933, as heretofore or hereafter amended, in the same manner, upon the same grounds and to the same extent as may be had under that Section with respect to final orders, and judgments in other proceedings." (Emphasis added.) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 120, par. 747.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`a wrongful intentan act calculated to deceive.'”
2 later decisions 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.