12 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 2002–2025 3 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Daniels v. Industrial Commissiongreen2 sentences2002As the special concurrence concedes, Daniels' challenge to Kane and Reichart's authority was procedurally defaulted "because Daniels *921 failed to challenge the validity of the appointments before the Board." Daniels, 201 Ill.2d at 177 , 266 Ill.Dec. 864 , 775 N.E.2d 936 (McMorrow, J., specially concurring, joined by Freeman, J.) (modified upon denial of rehearing). 2002As the special concurrence concedes, Daniels’ challenge to Kane and Reichart’s authority was procedurally defaulted “because Daniels failed to challenge the validity of the appointments before the Board.” Daniels, 201 Ill. 2d at 177 (McMorrow, J., specially concurring, joined by Freeman, J.) (modified upon denial of rehearing). | 3 | 3 |
Newkirk v. Bigardgreen2 sentences2002Further, Justice Thomas, citing to Newkirk v. Bigard, 109 Ill.2d 28 , 92 Ill.Dec. 510 , 485 N.E.2d 321 *942 (1985), contends that this court need not address Daniels' claim that the illegal appointment of commissioners rendered their decision void. 2002Further, Justice Thomas, citing to Newkirk v. Bigard, 109 Ill. 2d 28 (1985), contends that this court need not address Daniels’ claim that the illegal appointment of commissioners rendered their decision void. | 1 | 2 |
Brummel v. Grossmangreen1 sentence2018Daniels and the law firm of Daniels, Long & Pinsel, LLC (collectively, Daniels defendants), and attorney Jason S. Marks and the law firm of Noonan, Perillo, Polenzani & Marks, Ltd. (collectively, Marks defendants). 1 The lawsuit, originally filed by Bruce Brummel 2 (decedent) on December 30, 2014, alleged legal malpractice against defendants for negligently representing him during a workers’ compensation or occupational diseases case against his employer, Nicor Gas, which settled on October 25, 2011. 3 The trial court ultimately dismissed the legal malpractice complaint with prejudice pursuant | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Fox v. Seiden
green
2 sentences2019Fox, 382 Ill. 2018Fox , 382 Ill. | 3 | 2018–2019 |
People v. Evans
green
2 sentences2022People v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 172809, ¶¶ 1-9 . 2021People v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 172809, ¶¶ 1-9 . | 2 | 2021–2022 |
People v. Robinson
green
1 sentence2025Robinson, 2020 IL 123849, ¶ 43 . ¶ 32 When we reversed the circuit court’s denial of Mr. Daniels’s motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition and remanded this case for second-stage proceedings, we noted that the caselaw concerning youth-based sentencing challenges had changed significantly since Mr. Daniels was sentenced in 1995. | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Miller v. Alabama
green
1 sentence2025In a series of cases tracking our society’s evolving understanding that juvenile and adult offenders are different and should be treated differently when it came to sentencing, the United States Supreme Court announced in Miller, 567 U.S. at 465 , that it was a violation of the eighth amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for states to mandate a sentence of life in prison without the opportunity for parole for juvenile offenders. | 1 | 2025–2025 |
People v. Daniels
green
1 sentence2020CONCLUSION ¶ 36 For these reasons, we reverse the circuit court’s denial of Mr. Daniels’s motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition and remand for further proceedings consistent with the Act. ¶ 37 Reversed and remanded. - 15 - No. 1-17-1738 No. 1-17-1738 Cite as: People v. Daniels, 2020 IL App (1st) 171738 Decision Under Review: Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 94-CR-17095; the Hon. | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Claire Associates v. Pontikes
green
2 sentences2018App. 3d 116 , 122, 104 Ill.Dec. 526 , 502 N.E.2d 1186 (1986) ). ¶ 47 Plaintiff claims that the decedent had defenses in the whistleblower case that would have defeated Nicor's motion for summary judgment, but that neither the Grossman defendants nor the Daniels defendants told him about the motion and that neither filed a response. 2018App. 3d 116 , 122, 104 Ill.Dec. 526 , 502 N.E.2d 1186 (1986) ). ¶ 47 Plaintiff claims that the decedent had defenses in the whistleblower case that would have defeated Nicor's motion for summary judgment, but that neither the Grossman defendants nor the Daniels defendants told him about the motion and that neither filed a response. | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Fitts v. Industrial Commission
green
2 sentences2002Fitts v. Industrial Comm'n, 172 Ill.2d 303, 308 , 216 Ill.Dec. 836 , 666 N.E.2d 4 (1996). 2002Fitts v. Industrial Comm'n, 172 Ill.2d 303, 308 , 216 Ill.Dec. 836 , 666 N.E.2d 4 (1996). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.