Cunningham v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that where the bases for recovery are different, it does not matter that recovery under one would bar recovery of additional damages under the other
• declining to recognize a new common law action for damages caused by the negligent sale of liquor where the legislature had created a limited statutory remedy by enacting the Dram Shop Act
• declining to recognize a new common law action for damages caused by the negligent sale of liquor where the legislature had created a limited statutory remedy by enacting the Dram Shop Act
• upholding the recovery limit in the Dramshop Act of 1872 because there was no common law action for damages against a supplier of liquor for injuries inflicted by an intoxicated person or resulting from intoxication
• declining to recognize a new common law action for damages caused by the negligent sale of liquor where the legislature had created a limited statutory remedy by enacting the Dram Shop Act
• recovery against tavern owners for injuries caused by intoxicated persons limited to Illinois Dramshop Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Best v. Taylor MacHine Works
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 571×
• Cramer v. Insurance Exchange Agency
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-10-24· cited 298×
• Wright v. Central Du Page Hospital Ass'n
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-05-14· cited 182×
• Kowal v. Hofher
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-07-01· cited 146×
• Lipsey v. Michael Reese Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-06-29· cited 137×
• Charles v. Seigfried
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 126×
• Langle v. Kurkul
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-01-24· cited 115×
• Knauerhaze v. Nelson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-09-19· cited 103×
• Debolt v. Mutual of Omaha
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-01-06· cited 102×
• Heinrich v. Peabody International Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-01-20· cited 84×
• Weber v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-03-05· cited 81×
• McDaniel v. Bullard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-03-24· cited 77×
• Berlin v. Nathan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-09-14· cited 74×
• Simmons v. Homatas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 74×
• Wimmer v. Koenigseder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-18· cited 71×
• In Re Marriage of Lentz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-04-18· cited 68×
• Demchuk v. Duplancich
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 65×
• Graham v. General U.S. Grant Post No. 2665
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-06-20· cited 64×
• Wright v. Moffitt
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-11-03· cited 64×
• Colligan v. Cousar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1963-01-09· cited 63×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cole v. Rush
  California Supreme Court· 1955-10-28· cited 173×
• Howlett v. Doglio
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1949-01-19· cited 130×
• Hall v. Gillins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-01-24· cited 126×
• Ariola v. Nigro
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-03-20· cited 100×
• Cruse v. Aden
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1889-01-26· cited 100×
• State v. Hatfield
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1951-02-09· cited 88×
• Cowman v. Hansen
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1958-10-14· cited 61×
• Eshelman v. Rawalt
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1921-06-22· cited 61×
• Peter Anderson & Co. v. Diaz
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1906-02-10· cited 20×
• Goddard v. President of Jacksonville
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1854-06-15· cited 17×
• Veach v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1959-07-25· cited 14×
• City of Pekin v. Smelzel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1859-04-15· cited 9×
• Pendergast v. City of Peru
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1858-04-15· cited 7×