Legal Opinion
In re Eichner
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1979PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*186OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert C. Meade, J.
This case presents an unusually complicated legal problem without precedent in the law of this State — whether a committee of the person should be appointed for an individual who was recently of sound mind but who has allegedly become incompetent as a result of severe physical maladies and whether that committee should be authorized to cause the withdrawal from the incompetent of life supporting systems characterized as extraordinary. The relief requested of this court will, according to the medical testimony, have the most far-reaching and final effect…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. SaikewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In re EichnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. HarmonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- Foody v. Manchester Memorial HospitalConnecticut Superior Court · 1984
- People v. BonillaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- In re the Appointment of a Conservator of the Property of O'BrienNew York Supreme Court · 1986
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