Legal Opinion
In Re Quinlan
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 31, 1976PublishedCited by 343 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Hughes, C. J.
THE LITIGATION
The central figure in this tragic case is Karen Ann Quinlan, a New Jersey resident. At the age of 22, she lies in a debilitated and allegedly moribund state at Saint Clare’s Hospital in Denville, New Jersey. The litigation has to do, in final analysis, with her life, — its continuance or cessation, — and the responsibilities, rights and duties, with regard to any fateful decision concerning it, of her family, her guardian, her doctors, the hospital, the State through its law enforcement authorities, and finally the courts of…
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