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DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH v. COTY

No. 40632.

38 Ill.2d 602 (1967)

232 N.E.2d 686

THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellee, v. LOUIS COTY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEONARD KARLIN, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD E. FRIEDMAN, JOHN J. O'TOOLE, and JEROME F. GOLDBERG, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This suit is another attack on the constitutionality of the reimbursement sections of the Mental Health Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 91 1/2, pars. 9-19 through 9-25.) Section 9-19 provides that certain patients in a State hospital are liable for maintenance charges, and if the patient is unable to pay or his estate is insufficient, the patient's parents together with other designated...

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