Clinton v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• \[e]lectricity is an inherently dangerous and deadly force which should be regarded with a high degree of care by those engaged in the business of supplying electrical energy\
• “[e'Jlectricity is an inherently dangerous and deadly force which should be regarded with a high degree of care by those engaged in the business of supplying electrical energy”
• \[e]lectricity is an inherently dangerous and deadly force which should be regarded with a high degree of care by those engaged in the business of supplying electrical energy\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Chisolm v. Stephens
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-03-30· cited 88×
• Wojcik v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-10-27· cited 75×
• Nelson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-05-04· cited 70×
• Kerns v. Engelke
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-07-26· cited 49×
• Christou v. Arlington Park-Washington Park Race Tracks Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-01-27· cited 48×
• Schmall v. Village of Addison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-06-20· cited 41×
• Coleman v. Windy City Balloon Port, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-08-31· cited 40×
• Kirton v. Williams Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-05-03· cited 35×
• Watkins v. Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-01-11· cited 23×
• Pickett v. First American Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-12· cited 23×
• Taylor v. Gerry's Ridgewood Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-03-11· cited 19×
• Cincinnati Insurance Company v. City of Taylorville
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-05-12· cited 17×
• Icenogle v. Myers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-03-09· cited 15×
• Lucker v. Arlington Park Race Track Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-04-14· cited 14×
• Sprague v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-04-18· cited 13×
• Tinder v. Illinois Power Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-10-23· cited 9×
• Voelker v. Delmarva Power and Light Co.
  D. Maryland· 1989-11-06· cited 7×
• Belvidere National Bank & Trust Co. v. Leisher
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-04-17· cited 5×
• Smith v. General Paving Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-04-10· cited 4×
• First Trust & Savings Bank v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-03-06· cited 3×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Merlo v. Public Service Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1942-11-17· cited 369×
• Cunis v. Brennan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-01-23· cited 324×
• Lance v. Senior
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-01-19· cited 195×
• Mieher v. Brown
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 183×
• Barnes v. Washington
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-11-30· cited 149×
• Boyd v. Racine Currency Exchange, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-11-30· cited 92×
• McInturff v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-09-25· cited 57×
• Austin v. Public Service Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1921-10-22· cited 46×
• Pitts v. Basile
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-05-23· cited 41×
• McGill v. Illinois Power Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-11-18· cited 27×
• Van Skike v. Zussman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-10-01· cited 18×
• Foote v. Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1962-07-31· cited 17×
• Masters v. Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1955-10-18· cited 15×
• Ploense v. Illinois Power Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-11-23· cited 14×
• Lorang v. Heinz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-05-22· cited 13×
• May v. Illinois Power Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1951-02-19· cited 11×
• Welch v. Paulson's Enterprises, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-12-19· cited 2×