Lacy v. Boughton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that Glucks- berg carefully “cabined” the right recognized in Cruzan, thereby rejecting the conclusion that it “reflect[ed] a general tradition of self-sovereignty”
• noting that the right suggested in Cruzan was founded upon “well-established, traditional rights to bodily integrity and freedom from unwanted touching.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “[i]n seeking the appointment of a guardian for [a patient], their principal objective was the protection of her well-being”
• “[T]he personal autonomy rationale employed here does not create new substantive rights entitled to protection under the Due Process clause.”
• “Even in the investigative phase of a criminal case, advice by state prosecutors warrants only qualified immunity….”
• “State procedures designed to protect substantive liberty interests entitled to protection under the federal constitution do not themselves give rise to additional substantive liberty interests.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).