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NORTON v. BRIDGES

No. 82-1877.

712 F.2d 1156 (1983)

Helen Page NORTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ruste Durnal BRIDGES, a disabled person under the law of Illinois, as Successor Trustee of the John L. Page Trust, and Patrick T. Murphy, as Public Guardian of the County of Cook, State of Illinois, as Guardian of her Estate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Matchett, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Cynthia R. Farenga, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Helen Page Norton, the plaintiff below, appeals from the district court's dismissal of that portion of her claim seeking a reduction of trust assets to her possession and an accounting and termination of the trust. The issue on appeal is whether a Wisconsin court can assert jurisdiction over the defendants in this action and, if it can, whether that jurisdiction precludes removal to the federal district court.

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