In Re RC

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the state, as parens patriae, has a compelling interest in protecting the welfare of children in general
• noting that when considering a vagueness challenge a court considers not only the language, but the legislative objective and the evil it is designed to remedy
• section of Adoption Act defining ground of unfitness is subject to strict scrutiny

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Boclair
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-08-29· cited 446×
• People v. Ward
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 239×
• In Re Jaron Z.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-05-07· cited 144×
• Wickham v. Byrne
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-04-18· cited 138×
• People v. Lander
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-06-03· cited 137×
• In re J.B.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-22· cited 109×
• Wilson v. County of Cook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-04-05· cited 107×
• In Re Parentage of John M.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-09-23· cited 102×
• People v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-05-24· cited 100×
• People v. Breedlove
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 77×
• People v. E.M.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-12-26· cited 74×
• In re Jordan V.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-04-22· cited 61×
• Allen v. Woodfield Chevrolet, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-10-17· cited 48×
• In Re DW
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 42×
• People v. Einoder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-04-01· cited 41×
• In Re Application of County Treasurer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-02-17· cited 35×
• People v. B.T.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-03-27· cited 29×
• Yoder v. Ferguson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-06· cited 28×
• Prato v. Vallas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-05-31· cited 21×
• In Re Marriage of Baylor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-08-03· cited 17×

Cites

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

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• Troxel v. Granville
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 6,943×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• United States v. Salerno
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 5,104×
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-03· cited 3,694×
• Prince v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1944-03-27· cited 2,515×
• Ginsberg v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 1,224×
• Parham v. J. R.
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-20· cited 1,078×
• United States v. Mazurie
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 1,043×
• Heckler v. Mathews
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-05· cited 473×
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-31· cited 368×
• People v. Harris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-06-20· cited 265×
• In Re Adoption of Syck
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-04· cited 259×
• In re C.E.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-05-19· cited 208×
• R.W. v. D.C.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-03-02· cited 197×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Yapejian
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-22· cited 187×
• R.W. Dunteman Co. v. C/G Enterprises Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-02-20· cited 183×
• Arangold Corp. v. Zehnder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 170×
• East St. Louis Federation of Teachers, Local 1220 v. East St. Louis School District No. 189 Financial Oversight Panel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-10-17· cited 157×