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Illinois State Board of Dental Examiners v. People ex rel. Cooper

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1887PublishedCited by 63 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Loein C. Collins, Judge, presiding.

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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Loein C. Collins, Judge, presiding. The following petition for mandamus was filed in the circuit court of Cook county: Tour petitioner, the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of John M. Cooper, respectfully shows unto your honor that relator is a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Hlinois, and is a citizen of said State, of lawful age. Delator further shows, that having selected the practice of dentistry and dental…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

This is a petition for mandamus, in which the relator prays that the Illinois State Board of Dental Examiners may be ■commanded to issue to him a license to practice dentistry and dental surgery in the State of Illinois.

The statute, under which the petition is filed, and which defines the powers and prescribes the duties of the State Board of Dental Examiners, is “An act to insure the better education •of practitioners of dental surgery and to regulate the practice •of dentistry in the State of Illinois,” approved May 30,1881, in force July 1, 1881. (Hurd’s Rev. Stat. 1885, chap. 91, p. 816.)…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Arberry v. BeaversTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  2. People ex rel. Sheppard v. Illinois State Board of Dental ExaminersIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Council of Glencoe v. People ex rel. OwenIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. People ex rel. Osterhout v. PerryNew York Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by63 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Milwaukee Medical College v. ChittendenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  2. American Civil Liberties Union v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Klafter v. State Board of ExaminersIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. People Ex Rel. Empire City Trotting Club v. State Racing CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. Kettles v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906

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