CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Illinois Supreme Court has been asked to take a case that involves whether a person can practice discrimination with his money after he dies.
A three-judge panel of the state appellate court has ruled that allowing the late Max Feinberg to disinherit heirs who marry outside the Jewish religion would be "contrary to public policy," the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.
In his will, the wealthy Chicago dentist inserted what has been dubbed "the Jewish clause," stating that any of his heirs who marry non-Jews can't have any of his money.
Appellate Judge Patrick Quinn said he feared that allowing the clause to stand could form a legal slippery slope, the Tribune report said.
Feinberg's son, Michael, says he has spent $200,000 in legal fees, defending his father's will against grandchildren who married outside the religion.
"The case comes down to individual rights versus political correctness," his attorney Michael Durkin told the Tribune.
There is no word on whether the Illinois Supreme Court will take the case.
