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Cruzan Vs. Director, Mdh

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 25, 1990

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  2. Parham Vs. J.R. US Supreme Court · Jun 20, 1979
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  10. Cruzan v. Director
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  11. MDH - 497 U.S. 261 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Cruzan v. Director
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  12. MDH, 497 U.S. 261 (1990) Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director
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  13. or on both that right and a constitutional privacy right, see, e.g., Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
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  14. person has a liberty interest under the Due Process Clause in refusing unwanted medical treatment. Cf., e.g., Jacobson v. Massachusetts
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  15. individual interests at stake are both particularly important and more substantial than mere loss of money, Santosky v. Kramer
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  16. patient's. This Court's decision upholding a State's favored treatment of traditional family relationships, Michael H. v. Gerald
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  17. in a situation like this. Nor may a decision upholding a State's right to permit family decisionmaking, Parham v. J.R
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  18. consent, but expressed skepticism about the application of that doctrine in the circumstances of this case. Cruzan v. Harmon
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  19. Union Pacific R. Co. v. Botsford
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  20. Schloendorff v. Society
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  21. years ago and the seminal decision in In re Quinlan, 70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647, cert. denied sub nom. Garger v. New
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  22. p. 1365 (2d ed. 1988). In Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
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  23. between treating individuals as an initial matter v. withdrawing
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  24. between ordinary v. extraordinary
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  25. and between treatment by artificial feeding v. other
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  26. Id. at 42, 139 Ill.Dec. at 784, 549 N.E.2d at 296. Cf. McConnell v. Beverly
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  27. We follow the judicious counsel of our decision in Twin City Bank v. Nebeker
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  28. liberty interest in refusing unwanted medical treatment may be inferred from our prior decisions. In Jacobson v. Massachusetts
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  29. body under the Due Process Clause and were thought to implicate substantial liberty interests. See, e.g., Breithaupt v. Abram
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  30. Still other cases support the recognition of a general liberty interest in refusing medical treatment. Vitek v. Jones
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  31. U. S. 307 , 457 U. S. 321 (1982). See also Mills v. Rogers
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  32. the same right in this respect as is possessed by a competent person. They rely primarily on our decisions in Parham v. J.R
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  33. supra, and Youngberg v. Romeo
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  34. See Ohio v. Akron
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  35. supra, at 441 U. S. 424 ). Thus, such a standard has been required in deportation proceedings, Woodby v. INS
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  36. U. S. 276 (1966), in denaturalization proceedings, Schneiderman v. United
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  37. Leach v. Akron
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  38. reflect Page 497 U. S. 286 the views of the patient. They rely primarily upon our decisions in Michael H. v. Gerald
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  39. D., 491 U. S. 110 (1989), and Parham v. J.R
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  40. Cruzan v. Harmon
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  41. Bodily Integrity v. the
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  42. drew support for its analysis from earlier, influential decisions rendered by California courts of appeal. See Bouvia v. Superior
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  43. Bartling v. Superior
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  44. Barber v. Superior
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  45. the issue of withholding or withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration from incompetent individuals. See Gray v. Romeo
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  46. Brophy v. New
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  47. Corbett v. D'Alessandro
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  48. held. We believe this issue is more properly analyzed in terms of a Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest. See Bowers v. Hardwick
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  49. these cases involved instances where the government sought to take action against an individual. See Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
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  50. has impermissibly treated incompetent patients differently from competent ones, citing the statement in Cleburne v. Cleburne
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