McCormick v. McCormick

How courts have described this case

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

• narrowing Grover’s “active part” exception to cases where “the agent is liable if he takes an active part in violating a duty owed to a third person by the principle- without the principle’s knowledge.”
• “Ordinarily, trustees who act honestly, prudently and in good faith are not liable for errors of judgment.”
• “As a general rule, Illinois courts look with disfavor upon assessing fees against a losing party”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Eychaner v. Gross
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-10-03· cited 418×
• LID ASSOCIATES v. Dolan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-08-30· cited 61×
• Rubin v. Marshall Field & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-07-14· cited 57×
• Holland v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2010-10-12· cited 54×
• In Re Estate of Hoellen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-08-29· cited 52×
• Premier Electrical Construction Co. v. American National Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-12-13· cited 42×
• Ratcliffe v. International Surplus Lines Insurance
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-01-16· cited 40×
• Reis Robotics USA, Inc. v. Concept Industries, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2006-11-06· cited 34×
• Central National Bank of Mattoon v. United States Department of Treasury
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-10-16· cited 28×
• In re Marriage of Hartian
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-11-25· cited 28×
• In Re Marriage of Perlmutter
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-02-10· cited 23×
• Cherney v. Soldinger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-10-09· cited 20×
• In Re Estate of Sewart
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-06-23· cited 20×
• Lyons Ex Rel. Lawing v. Holder
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2007-07-20· cited 16×
• Quick & Reilly, Inc. v. Zielinski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-06-22· cited 14×
• Monco v. Janus
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-12-23· cited 12×
• Vancura v. Katris
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-12-26· cited 11×
• Hughes v. LaSalle Bank, N.A.
  S.D. New York· 2006-03-13· cited 10×
• MacHe v. MacHe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-09-05· cited 9×
• Fenton v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-01-17· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. v. Lindquist
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-18· cited 158×
• Hernandez v. Power Construction Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-10-06· cited 69×
• Harvey v. Carponelli
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-08-22· cited 56×
• McCormick v. McCormick
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-08-29· cited 55×
• The People v. Faginkrantz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-12-01· cited 53×
• Grover v. Commonwealth Plaza Condominium Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-09-04· cited 50×
• United States v. William B. Trigg
  Seventh Circuit· 1968-05-27· cited 48×
• United States v. Abraham W. Bolden
  Seventh Circuit· 1966-02-25· cited 43×
• Moore v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-29· cited 40×
• Illinois Central Gulf RR Co. v. Sankey Brothers, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-12-03· cited 38×
• People v. Neumann
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-08-27· cited 38×
• Merchants National Bank v. Frazier
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1946-06-14· cited 37×
• Porter v. Ford Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-05-18· cited 36×
• Crump v. Universal Safety Equipment Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-11-30· cited 34×
• The PEOPLE v. Lawrence
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1963-11-26· cited 31×
• United States v. Roger S. Baskes
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-11-04· cited 30×
• Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Shellaberger
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1948-01-22· cited 29×
• First Arlington National Bank v. Stathis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-05-27· cited 26×
• Susan Kemper Hamilton v. Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr., and American National Bank and Trust Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-05-18· cited 22×
• Keehner v. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-07-06· cited 21×