Nelson v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• “A determination of provocation does not require consideration of the degree of willfulness which motivates the provoking cause”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Meyer v. Naperville Manner, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-17· cited 57×
• Miller v. Hurst
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-07-23· cited 44×
• Steinberg v. Petta
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-12-03· cited 39×
• Forsyth v. Dugger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-05-12· cited 25×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-11-05· cited 25×
• Toney v. Bouthillier
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-05-19· cited 24×
• Robinson v. Meadows
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-08-14· cited 23×
• Wade v. Rich
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-17· cited 21×
• Barr v. Groll
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-01-24· cited 18×
• McQueen v. Erickson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-07-11· cited 16×
• Stehl v. Dose
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-04-29· cited 16×
• Bradacs v. Jiacobone
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2001-03-22· cited 13×
• REED BY & THROUGH LAWRENCE v. Bowen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-10-24· cited 13×
• James v. Cox
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-06-09· cited 10×
• Bailey Ex Rel. Bailey v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-08-31· cited 8×
• VonBehren v. Bradley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-09-23· cited 8×
• Kirkham v. Will
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-02-16· cited 8×
• Brans v. Extrom
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2005-07-05· cited 7×
• King v. Ohren
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-05-18· cited 4×
• Palloni v. Smith
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1988-03-22· cited 3×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Keightlinger v. Egan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1872-09-15· cited 36×
• Fake v. Addicks
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1890-12-12· cited 27×
• Beckert v. Risberg
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-05-20· cited 21×
• Beckert v. Risberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-06-18· cited 12×
• Klatz v. Pfeffer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1928-12-20· cited 12×
• Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Kuckkuck
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1902-06-19· cited 12×
• Messa v. Sullivan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-07-30· cited 10×
• Siewerth v. Charleston
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-11-16· cited 10×
• Steichman v. Hurst
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-11-17· cited 9×