Legal Opinion

Westlake Hospital Ass'n v. Blix

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1958No. 34473PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Davis

This is a declaratory judgment action arising out of the adverse claims of plaintiffs and defendants as to which group of directors and which set of bylaws constitute the legal board of directors and bylaws of the Westlake Hospital Association, a not-for-profit corporation.

The cause was submitted on an agreed statement of facts and the trial court entered a judgment finding that the plaintiffs constituted a majority of the legal board of directors of Westlake, and that the bylaws, as last amended by the members, were the legal bylaws.

The facts are not in dispute. Westlake Hospital Association…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Steen v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Wolfson v. AveryIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Murphy v. NowakIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Matter of Mount Sinai HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  5. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias v. KutscherIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  2. Brennan v. Minneapolis Society for the Blind, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Kern v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
  4. McDaniel v. FRISCO EMPLOYES'HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. First Church of Deliverance v. HolcombAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986

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