Legal Opinion

Arsenaux v. Arsenaux

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 23, 1983No. 82-C-1713, 82-C-2346PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

428 So.2d 427 (1983)

Anna Margaret Bodden, Wife of Richard ARSENAUX

v.

Richard ARSENAUX.

Nos. 82-C-1713, 82-C-2346.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1983.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1983.

Roger B. Jacobs, Jacobs, Loeffelholz & Trestman, New Orleans, for applicant.

Frank Sloan, Metairie, for respondents.

WATSON, Justice.

The primary issue is whether a wife can claim the physician-patient privilege and her right to privacy to exclude testimony about an alleged abortion in a suit for separation or divorce.

The trial court gave the wife a separation on the ground of abandonment, decreed her free from…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Smoot v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  4. Randa v. BearWashington Supreme Court · 1957
  5. People v. DeFranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  5. Dawes v. DawesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984

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