5 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1920–2025 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
Macknin v. Mackningreen1 sentence2021Macknin v. Macknin, 404 Ill. | 1 | 1 |
People v. Davisgreen1 sentence2009People v. Davis, 156 Ill. 2d 149, 157 (1993). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. Runge
green
1 sentence2025Id. at 105-06 . | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.
green
1 sentence1979(Brown, 45 Ill. 2d 418, 430 , 261 N.E.2d 312 .) While a plaintiff cannot elude its application with protestations of ignorance in the face of obvious danger (Prosser, at 448), the defendant cannot escape liability unless he proves that the plaintiff appreciated the specific risk which caused the injury. | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Robinson v. Randall
neutral
1 sentence1920In Robinson v. Randall, 82 Ill. 521 , which was a suit brought against a liquor dealer for damages caused by selling strong liquor to one in the habit of getting intoxicated, it was held that plaintiff was not required to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt, but only by a preponderance of the evidence. | 1 | 1920–1920 |
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.