Legal Opinion
In re A.C.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1990No. 87-609PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON HEARING EN BANC
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case comes before the court for the second time. In In re A.C., 533 A.2d 611 (D.C.1987), a three-judge motions division denied a motion to stay an order of the trial court which had authorized a hospital to perform a caesarean section on a dying woman in an effort to save the life of her unborn child. The operation was performed, but both the mother and the child died. A few months later, the court ordered the case heard en banc and vacated the opinion of the motions division. In re A.C., 539 A.2d 203 (D.C.1988). Although the motions division…
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