12 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 72 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Judgment Services Corp. v. Sullivan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judgment Services Corp. v. Sullivan Anchor | green | “a judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence only when an opposite conclusion is apparent or when findings appear to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or not based on evidence.” | 18 |
| 2 | Judgment Services Corp. v. Sullivan | green | “a judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence only when the opposite conclusion is apparent or when findings appear to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or not based on evidence.” | 9 |
| 3 | Chicago's Pizza, Inc. v. Chicago's Pizza Franchise Limited USA | green | “the standard of review in a bench trial is whether the judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence.” | 9 |
| 4 | Chicago's Pizza, Inc. v. Chicago's Pizza Franchise Limited USA | green | “when contradictory testimony that could support conflicting conclusions is given at a bench trial, an appellate court will not disturb the trial court's factual findings based on that testimony unless a contrary finding is clearly apparent.” | 9 |
| 5 | Judgment Services Corp. v. Sullivan | green | “only when an opposite conclusion is apparent or when findings appear to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or not based on evidence.” | 5 |
| 6 | Chicago's Pizza, Inc. v. Chicago's Pizza Franchise Limited USA | green | “a reviewing court will not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court in a bench trial unless the judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence.” | 4 |
| 7 | F.A. Prince & Co. v. Towers Financial Corp. | green | “within 30 days after the entry of the final judgment appealed from, or, if a timely posttrial motion directed against the judgment is filed, whether in a jury or a nonjury case, within 30 days after the entry of the order disposing of the last pending postjudgment motion directe…” | 3 |
| 8 | Bunge Corp. v. Northern Trust Co. | green | “all building expenses, costs and taxes, real estate and otherwise, fees, insurance costs, licenses and other monetary burdens levied against the property.” | 3 |
| 9 | Magee v. Walbro, Inc. | green | “until further direction from the plaintiff or until the plaintiff reclaimed them.” | 3 |
| 10 | Ardt v. State | green | “mere guesses in the reconstruction of the time spent for which they seek an award of fees.” | 3 |
| 11 | Shelton v. Andres | green | “a fair and reasonable interpretation based on consideration of all the contract's language and provisions” | 3 |
| 12 | Ginsburg v. Bartlett | green | “failure to pick up products on this picking list today will result in additional charge to you, if on the day of pickup, the retail price of the products are higher than on the day purchased.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.