Freeman 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.

• plaintiff was struck from behind when he stopped in an intersection when traffic signal turned yellow
• plaintiff was struck from behind when he stopped in an intersection when traffic signal turned yellow

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Freeman v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-06-24· cited 62×
• Peach v. Peach
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-07-06· cited 55×
• Borries v. Z. Frank, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-03-29· cited 51×
• Cooper v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-11· cited 37×
• Keen v. Davis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-03-18· cited 24×
• Quagliano v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-10-23· cited 20×
• McManus v. Feist
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-11-03· cited 19×
• Turnbull v. Porter
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-12-01· cited 16×
• Frisch Contracting Service Corp. v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-26· cited 15×
• Amadeo v. Gaynor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-08· cited 15×
• Albaugh v. Cooley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-10-08· cited 14×
• Nolan v. Shaf Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-08-04· cited 14×
• Houston v. Leyden Motor Coach Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-11-21· cited 12×
• City of Washington v. Boger
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1961-08-10· cited 11×
• Huff v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-02-25· cited 11×
• Starbuck v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-04-15· cited 9×
• Borries v. Z. Frank, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-07-11· cited 6×
• Daniel v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-04-21· cited 2×
• Patton v. Titus
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-12-29· cited 1×
• Orr v. Morrison Motor Freight, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-06-03

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hulke v. International Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1957-06-05· cited 135×
• People Ex Rel. Keenan v. McGuane
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-04-21· cited 82×
• Donelson v. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1908-10-26· cited 48×
• United States v. Boyer
  D.C. Circuit· 1945-07-09· cited 43×
• Krieger v. Krieger
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1906-04-17· cited 39×
• Hunt v. Vermilion County Children's Home
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1942-09-21· cited 33×
• Matzenbaugh v. People ex rel. Galloway
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1901-12-18· cited 33×
• Battershell v. Bowman Dairy Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1961-12-13· cited 31×
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1901-10-24· cited 28×
• County Board of School Trustees v. Batchelder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1955-11-23· cited 28×
• Stahl v. Webster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1850-06-15· cited 27×
• Wolf v. Chicago Sign Printing Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1908-04-23· cited 27×
• Lukich v. Angeli
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1961-06-26· cited 24×
• Ceeder v. Kowach
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1958-05-21· cited 22×
• Piper v. Lamb
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1960-09-22· cited 19×
• Forslund v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1956-04-03· cited 19×
• Biggerstaff v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis R.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1957-04-02· cited 19×
• Gavin v. Keter
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1934-12-31· cited 19×
• Paul v. Garman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1941-04-25· cited 18×
• Gunderson v. First National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1938-06-21· cited 15×