Bulleri v. Chicago Transit Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding closing arguments that are unsupported by the evidence are improper
• finding it improper for counsel to argue to the jury facts in his own knowledge, not testified to by any witness
• finding it improper for counsel to argue to the jury facts in his own knowledge, not testified to by any witness
• finding it improper for counsel to argue to the jury facts in his own knowledge, not testified to by any witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ledingham v. Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care of Hospital Service Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-06-12· cited 113×
• Lewis v. Cotton Belt Route-St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-26· cited 76×
• South v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1980-03-20· cited 63×
• Chavez v. Watts
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-10-26· cited 38×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-01-09· cited 30×
• Champion v. Knasiak
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-12-13· cited 29×
• Profit Management Development, Inc. v. Jacobson, Brandvik & Anderson, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-12-09· cited 27×
• Illinois State Trust Co. v. Walker Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-06-07· cited 27×
• People v. Vanderwerff
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-01-24· cited 24×
• Geisberger v. Quincy
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-02-01· cited 24×
• Charpentier v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-12-17· cited 22×
• Higgins v. Hermes
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 21×
• Thamara Fenolio v. Charles Smith and Colcord-Wright MacHinery & Supply Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-09-23· cited 20×
• Vandaveer v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-12-31· cited 20×
• Tabe v. Ausman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-02-09· cited 18×
• Osborne v. Leonard
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-09-19· cited 17×
• Oldenstedt v. Marshall Erdman & Associates, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-03· cited 13×
• Dept. of Transp. v. First Bank of Schaumburg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-05· cited 12×
• City of Chicago v. Baird
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-03-17· cited 12×
• Lake County Forest Preserve District v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-20· cited 12×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mattice v. Klawans
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1924-04-14· cited 34×
• Jacobson v. National Dairy Products Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1961-08-21· cited 30×
• Durkin v. Lewitz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1955-01-04· cited 29×
• Appel v. Chicago City Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1913-10-28· cited 26×
• Beery v. Breed
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1941-08-07· cited 24×
• Forest Preserve District v. Alton Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1945-09-19· cited 20×
• In re Estate of Sandusky
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1943-10-25· cited 20×
• Peoria, Bloomington & Champaign Traction Co. v. Vance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1908-04-23· cited 19×
• Barker v. Barker
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1962-06-06· cited 9×
• Ravenscroft v. Stull
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1917-10-23· cited 9×
• McWilliams v. Sentinel Publishing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1949-11-18· cited 7×
• McNeff v. White Eagle Brewing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1938-02-28· cited 4×
• Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Shamberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1938-10-26· cited 1×