IN RE MILTON

No. 86-1218.

29 Ohio St. 3d 20 (1987)

IN RE MILTON.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and J. Michael Evans, for appellee Department of Mental Health.

Ronald L. Smith, for appellant.

G. Michael Kirkman and Bruce A. Campbell, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.


WRIGHT, J.

This is a case of first impression in Ohio. Several difficult and delicate questions are before us, including whether a state acting through its courts may compel an individual to submit to medical treatment which is arguably life-extending in derogation of that individual's religious beliefs. We must also decide whether the court below infringed upon appellant's constitutional right of religious freedom in citing the essence of her belief in faith healing...

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