99 Ill. App. 3d 271 - Cockrum v. Baumgartner’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 35 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · 90 Ill. App. 3d 368 - Sorenson v. Fio Rito · 31 Mich. App. 240 - Troppi v. Scarf · 73 Ill. App. 3d 51 - Wilczynski v. Goodman
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * That right is legally protectible and need not be justified or explained. The allowance of rearing costs is not an aspersion upon the value of the child’s life. It is instead a recognition of the importance of the parent’s fundamental right to control their reproductivity. [Citation.] We cannot endorse a view that effectively nullifies this right by providing that its violation results in no injury. * * * »”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the defendant's tortious conduct has caused harm to the plaintiff or to his property and in so doing has conferred a special benefit to the interest of the plaintiff that was harmed, the value of the benefit conferred is considered in mitigation of damages, to the extent that this is equitable.”
1 later decision 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.