Legal Opinion
In re A.C.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1987No. 87-609PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired:
This appeal presented an emergency request for a stay of a Superior Court order permitting a Caesarean section on a terminally ill woman who was in extremis. This opinion is written after the fact; its purpose is to assist others and to test this court’s decision with analysis of precedent —some of which was not considered at the time of decision. Counsel are commended for their assistance to the courts — trial and appellate. Condolences are extended to those who lost the mother and child.
*612History tells us that innumerable health care emergency issues used to…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Colautti v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re A.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In re Unborn ChildNew York Family Court · 1998
- In Re ACDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re ACDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. GrayOhio Supreme Court · 1992