In Re Doe’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
October 1988
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Doe v. Bolton · In Re Quinlan · Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz · Matter of Conroy
Most-quoted passages
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“acted in good faith and in the best interests of the incompetent person ... and were properly considered by the court as the appropriate surrogates in attempting to exercise substituted judgment in respect to Jane Doe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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