Robinson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that the due diligence requirement may be relaxed to achieve a just and equitable result in a particular case
• trial court did not abuse its discretion when it excused due diligence requirement because attorney’s failure to appear at a hearing was due to his hearing problem as well as a fire in his office
• trial court did not abuse its discretion when it excused due diligence requirement because attorney s failure to appear at a hearing was due to his hearing problem as well as a fire in his office

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Vincent
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-06-07· cited 420×
• S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt & Alexander
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-03-19· cited 98×
• Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-07-17· cited 20×
• Enclosures, Inc. v. American Pay Telephone Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-04-15· cited 8×
• S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt, & Alexander
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-12-04· cited 5×
• Keener v. City of Herrin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-10-06· cited 4×
• S.C. Vaughan Oil Co. v. Caldwell, Troutt, and Alexander
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-04-24· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Smith v. Airoom, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-10-17· cited 478×
• Flores v. Dugan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-04-16· cited 197×
• Ostendorf v. International Harvester Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-03-25· cited 181×
• Esczuk v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-03-28· cited 124×
• Wold v. Bull Valley Management Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-04-22· cited 42×
• Windmon v. Banks
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-08-21· cited 39×
• Cooper v. United Development Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-03-20· cited 37×
• Wilde v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-06-28· cited 34×
• Burton v. Estrada
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-11-18· cited 30×
• Hall v. Hall
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-10-22· cited 28×
• Zee Jay, Inc. v. Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-03-02· cited 26×
• Smith v. Pappas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-06-17· cited 25×
• Resto v. Walker
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-11-28· cited 23×
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Guasti
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-01-04· cited 22×
• Cohen v. Wood Bros. Steel Stamping Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-12-27· cited 18×
• Bowers v. Village of Palatine
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-24· cited 18×
• Yorke v. Stineway Drug Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-07· cited 17×
• Yates v. Barnaby's of Northbrook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-07-29· cited 14×
• Chovan v. Floor Covering Associates, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-08-21· cited 11×
• Kalan v. Palast
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-09-30· cited 11×