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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 20 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Re Conservatorship of Stevenson.

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1 In Re Conservatorship of Stevenson Anchor
ill · 1970
green “discovery of a person's mental or physical condition may be just as appropriate in a case where the party sought to be examined has done nothing to put his condition in issue as in a case where the party sought to be examined has affirmatively raised his condition either in supp…” 4
2 In Re Conservatorship of Stevenson
ill · 1970
green “limiting the scope of rule 215 as defendant suggests would not be consistent with either the letter or intent of the rule.” 4
3 In Re Conservatorship of Stevenson
ill · 1970
green “substantially all of plaintiffs' material allegations,” 4
4 Moore v. Centreville Township Hospital
illappct · 1993
green “as a result of an examination by a physician, employed by an opponent, solely for the purpose of rendering a medical-legal opinion.” 4
5 Kaull v. Kaull
illappct · 2014
green “although a 'good cause' requirement has been eliminated from rule 215, physical and mental examinations, like all of our discovery devices, require that trial courts carefully exercise their discretion.” 4

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