46 Ill. App. 3d 704 - Goodwin v. Goldstein’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 46 Ill. 2d 32 - Lipsey v. Michael Reese Hospital · Kilgour v. Gockley · 37 Ill. App. 3d 81 - Fisk v. Shunick · Davis v. Hall · Robert Earley, by and Through His Father and Next Friend, Charles Earley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., a Corporation, and Jimmy Dowdle
Most-quoted passages
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“(p) ersons of the age of 18 shall be considered of legal age for all purposes . . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“their legal disability. The Goodwin court then decided that for such plaintiffs the amendment should not apply retroactively (meaning the limitations period would have started to run when they turned eighteen, though they could not have expected it at the time). Rather, the limitations period would begin to run from the date when the legislature amended the definition of minority in the Probate Act, as it was this amendment that effectively”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Giesen
How this case has been treated — in progress
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