7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 38 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 In re Marriage of O'Brien.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In re Marriage of O'Brien Anchor | green | “whether a judge should recuse himself is a decision in illinois that rests exclusively within the determination of the individual judge, pursuant to the canons of judicial ethics found in the judicial code.” | 10 |
| 2 | Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Iles | green | “we perform the same analysis a trial court would perform and give no deference to the judge's conclusions or specific rationale.” | 6 |
| 3 | Ryan v. Yarbrough | green | “the term 'de novo' means that the court reviews the matter anew-the same as if the case had not been heard before and as if no decision had been rendered previously.” | 6 |
| 4 | People v. Ranstrom | green | “when the record presented on appeal is incomplete, this court will indulge in every reasonable presumption favorable to the judgment from which the appeal is taken, including that the trial court ruled or acted properly.” | 4 |
| 5 | Aboufariss v. City of De Kalb | green | “are not even in the record at all.” | 4 |
| 6 | Kamelgard v. American College of Surgeons | green | “under rule 63, the judge who participates in an ex parte communication must make 'provision promptly to notify all other parties of the substance of the ex parte communication and allow an opportunity to respond.” | 4 |
| 7 | Lesher v. Trent | green | “when the record presented on appeal is incomplete, this court will indulge in every reasonable presumption favorable to the judgment from which the appeal is taken, including that the trial court ruled or acted properly.” | 4 |
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.