94 Ill. App. 2d 43 - Levine v. Pascal’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 79 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 173 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably 98 Ill. 2d 109 - Board of Trade v. Dow Jones & Co. (1983), Resolution Trust Corp. v. Ruggiero (1993)
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 79 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“"As well as procuring a writ of execution, plaintiff initiated citation proceedings under section 73 of our Civil Practice Act. Having the status of judgment creditor, this remedy was available to plaintiff and sufficient to establish his claim to the beneficial interest of Land Trust No. 15222. Clearly, plaintiff became a lien creditor as defined in section 9-301(3) of the Commercial Code when the writ of execution was placed in the hands of the sheriff. [Citations.] While it may be doubtful whether the plaintiff could effectively enforce his lien by means of the writ of execution, there is no doubt that he could do so through citation proceedings." 94 Ill. App.2d 43, 54-55 , 236 N.E.2d 425, 430 .”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage““The Illinois Land Trust, by its very nature, is characteristically different from common law land trusts. While the common law accomplishes a split between the legal title in the trustee and the equitable title in the beneficiary, in an Illinois land trust, the trustee has both legal and equitable title. By placing with the trustee the ‘full, complete and exclusive title to the real estate, both legal and equitable, ’ the beneficiary in an Illinois land trust is left with a personal property interest only ...” (citations omitted) (emphasis added).”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage““While rules of court are to be obeyed, unswerving obedience’ is not demanded where no material harm is done to any litigant. [Citation omitted.] As far back as 1906 we have held, ‘Even when the court acts contrary to its rules, this will not be ground for reversal, unless it is apparent that injustice has been done.’ [Citation omitted.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.