75 Ill. App. 3d 739 - Wallace v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 66 Ill. 2d 616 - Aranda v. Hobart Manufacturing Corp. · 66 Ill. 2d 136 - Franzese v. Trinko · 66 Ill. 2d 119 - Baier v. State Farm Insurance Co. · 104 Ill. App. 2d 80 - Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Poths · 99 Ill. App. 2d 146 - Ruby v. Wayman
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the plaintiff fails to exercise [due] diligence to obtain service prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, the action as a whole or as to any unserved defendant may be dismissed without prejudice. If the failure to exercise reasonable diligence to obtain service occurs after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, the dismissal shall be with prejudice. In either case the dismissal may be made on the application of any defendant or on the court’s own motion.” 107 Ill. 2d R. 103(b).”
3 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.