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Landmark Cases (plus a few) Indexed Alphabetically Updated 4/17/2009

Summaries by James F. Hooper, M. D., DFAPA

Case Name

ADDINGTON v. State of TEXAS

AKE v. OKLAHOMA

ALFORD, NC v

ALLEN v. ILLINOIS

ANDRING, STATE of Minnesota v. David

ATKINS v, VIRGINIA

BAREFOOT v.  ESTELLE, Jr.

BAXSTROM v. HEROLD

BELCHERTOWN v. SAIKEWICZ

BRAGDON v. ABBOTT

CANTERBURY v. SPENCE

CLARK v. ARIZONA    

CLITIES v. IOWA

COLORADO v. CONNELLY

COOPER v. OKLAHOMA

CORCORAN v. UNITED HEALTHCARE & BX/BS

CRUZAN v. MISSOURI DEPT OF HEALTH

DAUBERT v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC

DeSHANEY v. WINNEBAGO CO.

DILLON v. LEGG

DOE v. ROE &POE

DURHAM v. U.S.

DUSKY v. US

ESTELLE v. GAMBLE

ESTELLE v. SMITH

FARMER v. BRENNAN

FARE v. MICHAEL  C.    

FORD v. WAINWRIGHT

FOUCHA v. LOUISIANA

FRENDAK v U.S.

FRYE v. US

GAULT, in re

GENERAL ELECTRIC  v. JOINER

GODINEZ v MORAN

HARRIS v. FORKLIFT SYSTEMS, INC.

HARGRAVE v. VERMONT    

HURD, STATE of NJ v.

IBN-TAMAS v. US

IRVING v. TATRO

JABLONSKI v. US

 JACKSON v. INDIANA

JAFFEE v. REDMOND

JONES v. US

KAIMOWITZ v. MICHIGAN

KANSAS v. HENDRICKS

KOBRIN, COMMONWEALTH v.

KUMHO TIRE CO. v. CARMICHAEL

LANDEROS v. FLOOD

LESSARD v. SCHMIDT

LIFSCHUTZ, In re

LIPARI  v. SEARS

M’NAGHTEN, REX v.

MAZZA v. HUFFAKER

McCUNE v. LILE   

MERITOR  v. VINSON

MONTANA v. EGELHOFF

NAIDU v. LAIRD

O'CONNOR v. DONALDSON

OLMSTEAD v. L. C.

ONCALE v SUNDOWNER OFFSHORE SCV S

PAINTER  v. BANNISTER

PANETTI v. QUARTERMAN   

PARHAM v. J.R.

PAYNE v. TENNESSEE

PERRY,  LOUISIANA v.

POWELL v. State of TEXAS

RENNIE v. KLEIN

RIGGINS v. STATE OF NEVADA

ROBINSON v. CALIFORNIA

ROCK v. ARKANSAS

ROE, III, In re Guardianship of Richard

ROGERS'. v. COMMISSIONER

ROPER v. SIMMONS    

ROUSE v. Dale C. CAMERON, Supt., St. Elizabeths

ROWLEY, BOARD OF EDUCATION (Westchester Co,NY) v.

ROY v. HARTOGS

SANTOSKY v. KRAMER,

SELL v. US, US v. SELL

SIMONSEN v. SWENSON

SINGLETON v NORRIS

SPECHT v. PATTERSON, as warden

STRITZINGER, PEOPLE of California v.

TARASOFF v. REGENTS OF UNIV OF CA., et al

TOYOTA v. WILLIAMS    

US v. GEORGIA          

VACCO v. QUILL

VITEK v. JONES

WASHINGTON v. GLUCKSBERG

WASHINGTON v. HARPER

WASHINGTON v. US

WHALEN  v. ROE

WILSON v. US

WYATT v. STICKNEY     Revised

YESKEY , PA Dept. of CORRECTIONS v.

YOUNG, n re, in re CUNNINGHAM

YOUNGBERG,v. ROMEO

ZINERMON v. BURCH