Satz v. Perlmutter

How courts have described this case

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

• authorizing removal of respirator as desired by competent, terminally ill patient
• discontinuation of treatment would not be suicide since patient “really wants to live, but do so ... under his own power”
• “The testimony of Mr. Perlmutter * * * is that he really wants to live, but [to] do so, God and Mother Nature willing, under his own power.”
• District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

53 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vacco v. Quill
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-26· cited 314×
• Matter of Conroy
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-01-17· cited 296×
• Procanik by Procanik v. Cillo
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-08-01· cited 128×
• Brophy v. New England Sinai Hospital, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-09-11· cited 116×
• Johnson v. Calvert
  California Supreme Court· 1993-05-20· cited 114×
• Rasmussen by Mitchell v. Fleming
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1987-07-23· cited 108×
• In the Matter of Spring
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-13· cited 100×
• Matter of Farrell
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-06-24· cited 89×
• In Re Guardianship of Browning
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-13· cited 77×
• Bouvia v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-04-16· cited 74×
• State v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1992-11-09· cited 72×
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Harmon
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1988-11-16· cited 65×
• Bartling v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-12-27· cited 57×
• Leach v. Akron General Medical Center
  Summit County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-12-18· cited 56×
• In Re Gardner
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1987-12-03· cited 54×
• In Re Guardianship of Barry
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-01-27· cited 46×
• Norwood Hospital v. Munoz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-15· cited 45×
• Compassion in Dying v. Washington
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-06· cited 45×
• Severns v. Wilmington Medical Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-09-23· cited 41×
• People v. Adams
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-01-02· cited 38×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford
  Supreme Court· 1891-05-25· cited 688×
• In Re Quinlan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1976-03-31· cited 379×
• Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-28· cited 327×
• Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc., a Body Corporate
  D.C. Circuit· 1964-06-15· cited 123×
• John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital v. Heston
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-07-13· cited 93×
• In Re Estate of Brooks
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-03-18· cited 92×
• In Re Osborne
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1972-08-31· cited 54×
• Erickson v. Dilgard
  New York Supreme Court· 1962-10-01· cited 32×
• In Re Schiller
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1977-02-04· cited 31×
• In re Melideo
  New York Supreme Court· 1976-12-09· cited 29×
• United States v. George
  D. Connecticut· 1965-04-20· cited 20×
• Powell v. Columbian Presbyterian Medical Center
  New York Supreme Court· 1965-12-24· cited 9×
• Avant v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-09-12· cited 1×