Landmark Cases

CIVIL RIGHTS OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS

A. Right to Treatment

• 1. Rouse v. Cameron, 373 F.2d 451 (1966)
• 2. Wyatt v. Stickney, 344 F.Supp. 387 (1972)
• 3. Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307, 102 S.Ct. 2452 (1982)

B. Right to Refuse Treatment

• 4. Application of President and Directors of Georgetown College Inc., 118 U.S. App. D.C. 80, 331 F.2d 1000 (1964) **, ****
• 5. Rennie v. Klein, 720 F.2d 266 (1983)
• 6. Rogers v. Commissioner of Dept. of Mental Health, 390 Mass. 489, 458 N.E.2d 308 (1983)
• 7. Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210, 110 S.Ct. 1028 (1990)
• 8. Hargrave v. Vermont, 340 F.3d 27 (2003)
• 9. Sell v. U.S., 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174 (2003)

C. Right to Die

• 10. Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997) (including concurring opinion)

D. Civil Commitment

• 11. Lake v. Cameron, 364 F.2d 657 (1966) *, ****
• 12. Lessard v. Schmidt, 349 F.Supp. 1078 (1972) **, ****
• 13. O’Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563, 95 S.Ct. 2486 (1975)
• 14. Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418, 99 S.Ct. 1804 (1979)
• 15. Parham v. JR, 442 U.S. 584, 99 S.Ct. 2493 (1979)
• 16. Zinermon v. Burch, 494 U.S. 113, 110 S.Ct. 975 (1990)

PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP CASES

A. Informed Consent

• 17. Canterbury v. Spence, 150 U.S. App. D.C. 263, 464 F.2d 772 (1972)
• 18. Kaimowitz v. Michigan DMH, 1 MDLR 147 (1973)
• 19. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri DMH, 497 U.S 261, 110 S.Ct. 2841 (1990)

B. Confidentiality/Privilege/Privacy

• 20. In re Lifschutz, 2 Cal. 3d 415, 467 P.2d 557 (1970)
• 21. Doe v. Roe, 400 N.Y.Supp. 2d 668 (1977)
• 22. Jaffee v. Redmond, 116 S.Ct. 1923 (1996)

C. Liability to Patients

• 23. Roy v. Hartogs, 381 N.Y.S. 2d 587 (1976)
• 24. Clites v. Iowa, 322 N.W. 2d 917 (Iowa Ct. App. 1982)

D. Duty to Protect

• 25. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (1976)
• 26. Lipari v. Sears, 497 F.Supp. 185 (D. Neb. 1980)

CRIMINAL PROCESS CASES

A. Competency to Stand Trial

• 27. Dusky v. U.S., 362 U.S. 402, 80 S.Ct. 788 (1960)
• 28. Wilson v. U.S., 129 U.S. App. D.C. 107, 391 F.2d 460 (1968)
• 29. Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715, 92 S.Ct. 1845 (1972)
• 30. Riggins v. Nevada, 112 S.Ct. 1810 (1992)
• 31. Godinez v. Moran, 113 S.Ct. 2680 (1993)
• 32. Cooper v. Oklahoma, 116 S.Ct. 1373 (1996)
• 33. Indiana v. Edwards, 554 U.S. 164 (2008)

B. Criminal Responsibility

i. Insanity Defense

• 34. M’Naghten’s Case, 8 Eng. Rep. 718, SEng Rep. 722 (1843)
• 35. Durham v. U.S., 94 U.S. App. D.C. 228, 214 F.2d 862 (1954)
• 36. Washington v. U.S., 129 U.S. App. D.C. 29, 390 F.2d 444 (1967)
• 37. Frendak v. U.S., 408 A.2d 364 (1979)
• 38. Jones v. U.S., 463 U.S. 354, 103 S.Ct. 3043 (1983)
• 39. Foucha v. Louisiana, 112 S.Ct. 1780 (1992)
• 40. Clark v. Arizona, 548 U.S. 735, 126 S.Ct. 2709 (2006)
• 41. Kahler v. Kansas, 140 S. CT 1021 (2020)

ii. Diminished Capacity

• 42. Ibn-Tamas v. U.S., 407 A.2d 626 (D.C. 1979)
• 43. Montana v. Engelhoff, 116 S.Ct. 2013 (1996)

C. Psychiatry and the Death Penalty

• 44. Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 1866 (1981)
• 45. Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 103 S.Ct. 3383 (1983)
• 46. Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087 (1985)
• 47. Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct. 2595 (1986)
• 48. Payne v. Tennessee, 111 S.Ct. 2597 (1991)
• 49. State v. Perry, 610 So.2d 746 (1992)
• 50. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242 (2002)
• 51. Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183 (2005)
• 52. Panetti v. Quarterman, 127 S. Ct. 2842 (2007)
• 53. Hall v. Florida, 134 S. Ct. 1986 (2014)
• 54. Madison v. Alabama, 139 S. CT. 718 (2019)
• 55. McWilliams v. Dunn, 137 S. CT. 1240 (2017)
• 56. Buck v. Davis, 137 S. CT. 759 (2017)

D. Prisoner’s Rights

• 57. Baxstrom v. Herold, 383 U.S. 107, 86 S.Ct. 760 (1966)
• 58. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S.Ct. 285 (1976)
• 59. Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S 480, 100 S.Ct. 1254 (1980)
• 60. Farmer v. Brennan, 114 S.Ct. 1970 (1994)
• 61. Brown v. Plata 134 S.Ct. 436 (2011)

E. Defendant’s Rights

i. Confessions

• 62. Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 107 S.Ct. 515 (1986)

ii. Guilty Pleas

• 63. North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160 (1970)

iii. Sex Offenders

• 64. Specht v. Patterson, 386 U.S. 605, 87 S.Ct. 1209 (1967)
• 65. Allen v. Illinois, 478 U.S. 364, 106 S.Ct. 2988 (1986)
• 66. Kansas v. Hendricks, 117 S.Ct. 2072 (1997)
• 67. Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407, 122 S.Ct. 867 (2002)
• 68. McKune v. Lile, 536 U.S. 24, 122 S.Ct. 2017 (2002)
• 69. U.S. v. Comstock, 560 U.S. 126, 130 S.Ct. 1949 (2010)

F. Drugs/Alcohol

• 70. Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S.Ct. 1417 (1962)
• 71. Powell v. Texas, 392 U.S. 514, 88 S.Ct. 2145 (1968)

G. Hypnosis

• 72. State v. Hurd, 173 N.J. Super. 333, 414 A.2d 291 (1980)
• 73. Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44, 107 S.Ct. 2704 (1987)
• 74. Dillon v. Legg, 68 Cal. 2d 728, 441 P.2d 912 (1968)

EMOTIONAL HARM/DISABILITY/WORKPLACE CASES

A. Americans With Disabilities Act

• 75. Bragdon v. Abbott, 118 S.Ct. 2196 (1998)
• 76. Olmstead v. L. C. ex rei. Zimring, 119 S.Ct. 2176 (1999)
• 77. U.S. v. Georgia, 546 U.S. 151, 126 S.Ct. 877 (2006)

B. Sexual Harassment

• 78. Meritor Savings Bank FSB v. Vinson, 106 S.Ct. 2399 (1986)
• 79. Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 114 S.Ct. 367 (1993)
• 80. Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., 118 S.Ct. 998 (1998)

C. Expert Witness Testimony Standards

• 81. Frye v. U.S., 293 F. 1013 (1923)
• 82. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 61 U.S.L.W. 4805, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993)
• 83. Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, 119 S.Ct. 1167 (1999)

CHILD CASES

A. Child Abuse Reporting

• 84. Landeros v. Flood, 17 Cal. 3d 399, 551 P.2d 389 (1976)
• 85. People v. Stritzinger, 34 Cal. 3d 505, 668 P.2d 738 (1983)
• 86. State v. Andring, 342 N.W.2d 128 (Minn. 1984)
• 87. DeShaney v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998 (1989)

B. Juvenile Court

• 88. Application of Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428 (1967)
• 89. Fare v. Michael C., 442 U.S. 707 (1979)

C. Education-Related Services

• 90. Board of Education of Hendrick Hudson Central School Dist. Westchester County v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176, 102 S.Ct. 3034 (1982)
• 91. Irving Independent School District v. Tatro, 468 U.S. 883, 104 S.Ct. 3371 (1984)

D. Custody

• 92. Painter v. Bannister, 258 Iowa 1390, 140 N.W.2d 152 (1966)
• 93. Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 102 S.Ct. 1388 (1982)

E. Juvenile Sentencing

• 94. Graham v. Florida 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. (2011)
• 95. Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012)