Legal Opinion
Doe v. Roe
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1977PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Martin B. Stecher, J.
This action for an injunction and for damages for breach of privacy is a matter of first impression in this State, and so far as I am able to ascertain, a matter of first impression in the United States. It arises out of the publication, verbatim, by a psychiatrist of a patient’s disclosures during the course of a lengthy psychoanalysis. I have made and filed detailed findings of fact which are briefly summarized here.1
Dr. Joan Roe is a physician who has practiced psychiatry for more than 50 years. Her husband, Peter Poe, has been a psychologist for…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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