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In ''Allen v. Illinois'', 478 U.S. 364 (1986), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the privilege against [[self-incrimination]] does not protect a person in a medication hearing because it is a civil proceeding.
In ''Allen v. Illinois'', 478 U.S. 364 (1986), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the privilege against [[self-incrimination]] does not protect a person in a medication hearing because it is a civil proceeding.
Justice [[William Rehnquist]] delivered the opinion of the court, joined by Justices [[Warren Burger]], [[Byron White]], [[Lewis Powell]], and [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]. Justice [[John Paul Stevens]], joined by Justices [[William Brennan]], [[Thurgood Marshall]], and [[Harry Blackmun]], filed a dissenting opinion.
==External Links==
*[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=478&invol=364 Opinions] at FindLaw (registration required)
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]