67 Ill. 2d 182 - People v. Avery’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 801 (§ 101 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 811 (§ 201 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on 31 Ill. 2d 518 - Pinkstaff v. Pennsylvania Railroad · United States v. Pastor · People v. Dale · Dolese v. Pierce · 40 Ill. 2d 224 - Hirschfield v. Barrett
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In making a determination regarding a substance, the commissioner of mental health and mental retardation upon the agreement of the commissioner of public health shall consider the following: (1) The actual or relative potential for abuse; (2) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known; (3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance; (4) The history and current pattern of abuse; (5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse; (6) The risk to the public health; (7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or physiological dependence liability; and (8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Edwards
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.