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Landmark Cases Indexed Chronologically Updated 2/17/03

Year Case Name
1843 REX v. M’NAGHTEN (spelling varies)
1920 SIMONSEN v. SWENSON
1923 James FRYE v. US
1954 DURHAM, (Monte) v. U.S.
1960 James CARTER v. General Motors Corp. (Chev. Gear & Axle)
1960 DUSKY v. US
1962 Lawrence ROBINSON v. CALIFORNIA
1964 Application of Pres. and Brd of Dirs. of GEORGETOWN COLLEGE
1966 Mark Wendell PAINTER by Harold PAINTER v. Dwght & Marg BANNISTER
1966 Charles C. ROUSE v. Dale C. CAMERON, Supt., St. Elizabeths
1966 Johnnie K. BAXSTROM v. HEROLD
1967 SPECHT v. PATTERSON, as warden
1967 in re Gerald GAULT
1967 Thomas H. WASHINGTON v. US
1968 WILSON v. US
1968 POWELL v. State of TEXAS
1968 Margery M. DILLON etal v. David Luther LEGG
1970 NC v ALFORD
1970 In re Joseph E. LIFSCHUTZ, MD, on Habeas Corpus
1972 Alberta LESSARD etal v. Wilbur SCHMIDT etal
1972 Theon JACKSON v. State of INDIANA
1972 Jerry W. CANTERBURY v. Wm SPENCE, MD & Washington Hospital Cntr
1973 KAIMOWITZ v. MICHIGAN Dept. of Mental Health
1973 Gilbert SEILING v. Frank EYMAN, warden, Az state prison
1973 Ricky WYATT by his aunt Mrs. W.C. Rawlings v. ADERHOLT (STICKNEY)
1974 Kenneth DONALDSON v. J. B. O'CONNOR
1975 J. B. O'CONNOR v. Kenneth DONALDSON
1976 Gita LANDEROS [by her guardian] v. A.J. FLOOD, MD, etal
1976 Vitaly TARASOFF v. REGENTS OF UNIV OF CA., et al
1976 Julie ROY v. Renatus HARTOGS, M.D.
1976 W.J. ESTELLE, Jr. v. J.W. GAMBLE
1977 Superintendent of BELCHERTOWN state school v. Jos. SAIKEWICZ
1977 PEOPLE of New York v. Gordon G. PATTERSON
1977 Jane DOE v. Joan ROE, M.D. & Peter POE, Ph.D.
1977 Robert P. WHALEN as Comm of Health of NY v. Richard ROE infant
1979 Beverly IBN-TAMAS v. US
1979 Paula FRENDAK v U.S.
1979 Frank O'Neal ADDINGTON v. State of TEXAS
1979 James PARHAM v. J.R. etal
1980 Gary L. TRUMAN, Jr. v. Claude R. THOMAS, M.D.
1980 In re Guardianship of Richard ROE, III
1980 Joseph VITEK v. Larry D. JONES
1980 Ruth Ann LIPARI & Bank of Elkhorn v. SEARS, & SEARS v.US
1981 W.J. ESTELLE, Jr. v. Ernest Benjamin SMITH
1981 John RENNIE v. KLEIN
1981 STATE of NJ v. Paul HURD
1982 BOARD OF EDUCATION (Westchester Co,NY) v. Amy ROWLEY
1982 John & Annie SANTOSKY v. Bernhardt KRAMER, Comm of Soc Scvs
1982 PEOPLE of California v. Donald Lee SHIRLEY
1982 Timothy Floyd CLITIES v. State of IOWA D.S.S.
1982 YOUNGBERG, Supt Pennhurst State School v. Nicholas ROMEO by his mom
1983 Rubie ROGERS, etal. v. COMMISSIONER of DMH, etal.
1983 Michael JONES v. US
1983 Thomas A. BAREFOOT v. W.J. ESTELLE, Jr.
1983 AETNA v. Donald McCABE & Gale Greenberg
1983 PEOPLE of California v. C.W. STRITZINGER
1983 Meghan Corinne JABLONSKI v. US
1984 IRVING Independent School Dist v. Henri TATRO for Amber Tatro
1984 Jeffrey MAZZA v. Robt HUFFAKER, M.D. & Med. Mutual Ins.
1984 STATE of Minnesota v. David ANDRING
1985 Glen Burton AKE v. OKLAHOMA
1985 COMMONWEALTH v. Kenneth KOBRIN, M.D.
1986 ALLEN v. ILLINOIS
1986 COLORADO v. Francis Barry CONNELLY
1986 Alvin B FORD v. L. WAINWRIGHT, FL DOC
1986 MERITOR Savings Bank v. VINSON
1987 Vickie Lorene ROCK v. ARKANSAS
1988 Venkataramana NAIDU v. Ann D. LAIRD
1989 Joshua DeSHANEY(a minor) v. WINNEBAGO CO. DSS
1990 WASHINGTON v. HARPER
1990 ZINERMON v. BURCH
1990 Nancy Beth CRUZAN v. DIR, MISSOURI DEPT OF HEALTH
1991 PAYNE v. TENNESSEE
1992 FOUCHA v. LOUISIANNA
1992 RIGGINS v. STATE OF NEVADA
1992 State of LOUISIANA v. Michael PERRY
1992 Florence CORCORAN v. UNITED HEALTHCARE & BX/BS of Alabama
1993 Salvador GODINEZ, warden, v. Richard MORAN
1993 Wm DAUBERT v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
1993 HARRIS v. FORKLIFT SYSTEMS, INC.
1993 in re YOUNG, in re CUNNINGHAM
1994 Dee FARMER v. Edward BRENNAN, et. al.
1995 NYS BX BS v. TRAVELERS
1995 Cecilia DUKES v. US HEALTHCARE
1996 COOPER v. OKLAHOMA
1996 MONTANA v. EGELHOFF
1996 Carrie JAFFEE v. Mary Lu REDMOND
1997 KANSAS v. HENDRICKS
1997 VACCO, ATTORNEY GEN.OF NEW YORK v. QUILL
1997 WASHINGTON et al. v. GLUCKSBERG et al
1997 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. JOINER et Ux
1998 ONCALE v SUNDOWNER OFFSHORE SCVS
1998 BRAGDON v. ABBOTT
1998 PA Dept. of CORRECTIONS v. YESKEY
1999 OLMSTEAD v. L. C., by Jonathan ZIMRING, guardian ad litem and next friend, et al.
1999 KUMHO TIRE CO. v. CARMICHAEL
2002 ATKINS v, VIRGINIA
2003 Charles Laverne SINGLETON v Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas
Department of Correction,