Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless, LLC

How courts have described this case

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

• “Under Illinois law, a court may, in its discretion, ‘modify a contract so that it comports with the law or sever unenforceable provisions from a contract.’”
• “We must keep in mind the strong policy in favor of enforcing arbitration agreements, which is best served by allowing the valid portions of the arbitration agreement to remain in force while severing the unconscionable provision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless, LLC
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-10-05· cited 190×
• Muhammad v. County Bank of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2006-08-09· cited 136×
• Tortoriello v. Gerald Nissan of North Aurora, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-01-11· cited 54×
• Bess v. DirecTV, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-18· cited 36×
• Draper & Kramer, Inc. v. King
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-02-09· cited 20×
• Bilbrey v. Cingular Wireless, L.L.C.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2007-06-26· cited 17×
• Wigginton v. Dell, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-06-02· cited 15×
• Cooper v. QC Financial Services, Inc.
  D. Arizona· 2007-03-30· cited 14×
• Mikoff v. Unlimited Development, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-02-01· cited 9×
• Copello v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2011-08-02· cited 7×
• Mason v. St. Vincent's Home, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-01-28· cited 6×
• Aliaga Medical Center, S.C. v. Harris Bank N.A.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-01-13· cited 2×
• Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-10-05
• Charlotte Bess v. DirecTV, INC.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-18
• Tortoriello v. Gerald Nissan of North Aurora
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-01-11

Cites

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

• Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-13· cited 2,511×
• Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,668×
• Armendariz v. Found. Health Psychcare Servs., Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 1,269×
• Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 1,115×
• Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-23· cited 523×
• D. Neubronner v. Michael R. Milken
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-10-04· cited 391×
• Szetela v. Discover Bank
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-04-22· cited 159×
• Frank's Maintenance & Engineering, Inc. v. C. A. Rorerts Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-07-24· cited 137×
• Maryann Spinetti v. Service Corporation International and Service Corporation International of Pennsylvania D/B/A Lafayette Memorial Park
  Third Circuit· 2003-03-31· cited 110×
• Marken Gannon v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
  Eighth Circuit· 2001-08-17· cited 82×
• Lundy v. Farmers Group, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-05-24· cited 78×
• Leonard v. Terminix Intern. Co., LP
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-02-07· cited 73×
• Travis v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-12-24· cited 65×
• Abbott-Interfast Corp. v. Harkabus
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-30· cited 55×
• James J. Nicholson v. Cpc International Inc., a Corporation, and James R. Eiszner
  Third Circuit· 1989-07-10· cited 41×
• Hutcherson v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-30· cited 41×
• Zobrist v. Verizon Wireless
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-12-29· cited 29×
• Rosen v. SCIL, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-10-08· cited 27×
• Ragan v. AT & T CORP.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-03-01· cited 27×
• Bess v. DirecTV, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-08-24· cited 13×