State ex rel. Barbee v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• agreeing with the majority of jurisdictions that have addressed the issue and holding that the removal of life support is not the “death producing agent”
• noting independent equitable actions properly brought before Superior Court because it is general court of equity jurisdiction
• linking Connecticut case law with United States Supreme Court jurisprudence concerning the right to privacy in the context of a decision to terminate life support systems
• Probate Court may not adjudicate complex legal questions subject to broad jurisdiction of court of equity
• reliance on American Medical Association position that artificial nutrition and hydration of terminally ill patients constituted medical treatment that may be removed under some circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).