IN RE ESTATE OF MUHAMMAD

Nos. 82-600, 82-2321 cons.

123 Ill. App.3d 756 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 732

In re ESTATE OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, Deceased (Marie Muhammad Farrahkan et al., Petitioners-Appellees v. The First Pacific Bank of Chicago, Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee (The Nation of Islam et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants)).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied May 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block, Seki, Jarvis & Lynch, and Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Cook Partners and LaFontant, Wilkins & Ware, both of Chicago, for appellees.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, for amicus curiae.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Elijah Muhammad, the leader and Supreme Minister of an organization known as the Nation of Islam (the Nation), died in 1975 and was survived by a number of legitimate and illegitimate children. At the time of Elijah Muhammad's death, over $3 million remained in certain bank accounts at the First Pacific Bank of Chicago (the Bank). Based upon representations which shall be referred to...

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