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In Re Estate of Brooks

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1965No. 38914PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood

This is an appeal from the probate division of the' circuit court of Cook County which entered an order appointing a conservator of the person of Mrs. Bernice Brooks, and allowed the conservator’s request to be authorized to consent, on behalf of Mrs. Brooks, to transfusions of whole blood to her. The transfusions were made, and appellants, Mrs. Brooks and her husband, now seek to have all orders in the conservatorship proceedings expunged, and the petition therein filed dismissed. Questions under both Federal and State constitutions confer jurisdiction on direct appeal. U.S. Const., 1st, 5th…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. In Re QuinlanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  2. Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. SaikewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. In Re StephensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  4. John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital v. HestonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  5. In Re Estate of LongewayIllinois Supreme Court · 1989

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