98 Ill. 2d 338 - Torres v. Walsh’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

180

cited by 180 later decisions

states following

September 2024

most recently cited

176 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 180 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably 207 Ill. 2d 167 - Dawdy v. Union Pacific RR Co. (2003), 136 Ill. 2d 101 - Griffith v. Mitsubishi Aircraft International, Inc. (1990)

176 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

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)

Relies on Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Johnson v. Stevenson · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Rasmussen · 37 Ill. 2d 599 - Lonergan v. Crucible Steel Co. of America · 74 Ill. 2d 90 - People Ex Rel. Compagnie Nationale Air France v. Giliberto

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

“" 'Important considerations are the relative ease of access to sources of proof; availability of compulsory process for attendance of unwilling, and the cost of obtaining attendance of willing, witnesses; possibility of view of premises, if view would be appropriate to the action; and all other practical problems that make trial of a case easy, expeditious and inexpensive. There may also be questions as to the enforceability of a judgment if one is obtained. The court will weigh relative advantages and obstacles to fair trial.’ ” (Torres v. Walsh (1983), 98 Ill. 2d 338, 345 , 456 N.E.2d 601, 604 , quoting Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert (1947), 330 U.S. 501, 508 , 91 L. Ed. 1055, 1062 , 67 S. Ct. 839, 843 .)”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. State Ex Rel. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Frost · 113 Ill. 2d 112 - Meyers v. Bridgeport MacHines Division of Textron, Inc.
““If there are sufficient factors that favor the plaintiff’s choice of forum, then the defendant’s inconvenience should not be considered, provided venue is proper. For unless the balance strongly favors the defendant, then the plaintiff should be able to exercise his statutory right to choose his forum.” Torres, 98 Ill. 2d at 351 , 456 N.E.2d at 607 .”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 113 Ill. 2d 112 - Meyers v. Bridgeport MacHines Division of Textron, Inc. · 142 Ill. 2d 523 - Boner v. Peabody Coal Co.
“exists at common law, and, therefore, statutory authorization is unnecessary as it only recognizes and codifies a right that previously existed at common law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 163 Ill. 2d 323 - Peile v. Skelgas, Inc. · 731 So. 2d 1098 - Clark v. Luvel Dairy Products, Inc.

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.