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Landmark Cases (plus a few) Indexed Alphabetically Updated 2/19/03

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

Case Name
ADDINGTON v. State of TEXAS
AETNA v. Donald McCABE & Gale Greenberg
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
CARTER v. GMC (General Motors Corp)
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
DONALDSON v.O'CONNOR
DUKES v. US HEALTHCARE
DURHAM v. U.S.
DUSKY v. US
ESTELLE v. GAMBLE
ESTELLE v. SMITH
FARMER v. BRENNAN
FORD v. WAINWRIGHT
FOUCHA v. LOUISIANA
FRENDAK v U.S.
FRYE v. US
GAULT, in re
GENERAL ELECTRIC  v. JOINER
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, Application of Pres. and Board of Dirs. of
GODINEZ v MORAN
HARRIS v. FORKLIFT SYSTEMS, INC.
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
MERITOR  v. VINSON
MONTANA v. EGELHOFF
NAIDU v.LAIRD
NYS BX BS v. TRAVELERS
O'CONNOR v. DONALDSON
OLMSTEAD v. L. C.
ONCALE v SUNDOWNER OFFSHORE SCV S
PAINTER  v. BANNISTER
PARHAM v. J.R.
PATTERSON, PEOPLE of New York v.
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 '
ROUSE v. Dale C. CAMERON, Supt., St. Elizabeths
ROWLEY, BOARD OF EDUCATION (Westchester Co,NY) v.
ROY v. HARTOGS
SANTOSKY v. KRAMER,
SEILING v. EYMAN
 SHIRLEY, PEOPLE of California v. Donald Lee
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
TRUMAN, Jr. v. Claude R. THOMAS, M.D.
VACCO v. QUILL
VITEK v. JONES
WASHINGTON v. GLUCKSBERG
WASHINGTON v. HARPER
WASHINGTON v. US
WHALEN  v. ROE
WILSON v. US
WYATT v. STICKNEY
YESKEY , PA Dept. of CORRECTIONS v.
YOUNG, n re, in re CUNNINGHAM
YOUNGBERG,v. ROMEO
ZINERMON v. BURCH