Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry

308 Pages·2019·2.409 MB·English

by  Merrill Rotter (editor), Heather Cucolo (editor), Jeremy Colley (editor)

Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry

Landmark Cases in Forensic
Psychiatry
SECOND EDITION
Edited by
Merrill Rotter, MD
Director, Division of Law and Psychiatry
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Jeremy Colley, MD
Associate Chief, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry
Bellevue Hospital Center
Associate Clinical Professor and
Program Director, Fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Heather Ellis Cucolo, ESQ
Owner, Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates
Adjunct Professor
New York Law School; Emory University School of Law
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CONTENTS
Alphabetical List of Cases xi
Contributors xv
Introduction xix
The Forensic Psychiatry Paper Chase: Making the Case for the
Landmark Cases Seminar 1
SECTION I: Mental Health Practice Guidelines
Chapter 1: Confidentiality and Privilege 21
In re Lifschutz 21
Doe v. Roe 22
Whalen v. Roe 23
In re Subpoena Served upon Zuniga 23
State v. Andring 24
Commonwealth v. Kobrin 25
Menendez v. Superior Court 25
Jaffee v. Redmond 26
Chapter 2: Informed Consent 29
Natanson v. Kline 29
Canterbury v. Spence 30
Kaimowitz v. Department of Mental Health for the
State of Michigan 30
Truman v. Thomas 31
Clites v. Iowa 32
Zinermon v. Burch 33
Chapter 3: Duty to Protect 35
Tarasoff v. Regents 35
Lipari v. Sears 36
Petersen v. Washington 37
Jablonski v. U.S. 37
Naidu v. Laird 38
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Chapter 4: Expert Testimony 41
Frye v. U.S. 41
State v. Hurd 42
People v. Shirley 42
Rock v. Arkansas 43
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals 44
General Electric v. Joiner 44
Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael 45
Buck v. Davis* 46
Chapter 5: Questions on Mental Health Practice Guidelines 49
SECTION II: Institutional Treatment Guidelines
Chapter 6: Civil Commitment 65
Lake v. Cameron 65
Baxstrom v. Herold 66
Lessard v. Schmidt 66
O’Connor v. Donaldson 67
Addington v. Texas 68
Parham v. J.R. 69
Chapter 7: Right to Die 71
Cruzan v. Director of Missouri Department of Mental Health 71
Washington v. Glucksberg 72
Vacco v. Quill 72
Chapter 8: Right to Treatment 75
Rouse v. Cameron 75
Wyatt v. Stickney 76
Youngberg v. Romeo 76
Chapter 9: Right to Refuse Treatment 79
Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown
University 79
Superintendent of Belchertown State School et al. v. Joseph
Saikewicz 80
In the Matter of the Guardianship of Richard Roe, III 80
Rennie v. Klein 81
Rogers v. Commissioner 82
Chapter 10: Questions on Institutional Treatment Guidelines 85
SECTION III: Child and Adolescent Issues
Chapter 11: Child Abuse Reporting 99
Landeros v. Flood 99
People v. Stritzinger 100
DeShaney v. Winnebago 101
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Chapter 12: Child Custody and Parental Competencies 103
Painter v. Bannister 103
Santosky v. Kramer 104
Chapter 13: Juvenile Rights 105
In re Gault 105
Graham v. Florida 106
Miller v. Alabama 107
Chapter 14: EAHCA (Education for All Handicapped Children Act);
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 109
Hendrick Hudson Board of Education v. Rowley 109
Irving Independent School District v. Tatro 110
Chapter 15: Questions on Child and Adolescent Issues 113
SECTION IV: Tort Law
Chapter 16: ADA and Disability Rights 125
Carter v. General Motors 125
City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center 126
Bragdon v. Abbott 127
Pennsylvania v. Yeskey 128
Olmstead v. Zimring 128
Toyota v. Williams 129
Hargrave v. Vermont 130
U.S. v. Georgia 131
Disability Rights of New Jersey, Inc. v. Commissioner, New Jersey
Department of Human Services* 131
Sheehan v. City of San Francisco* 132
Chapter 17: Civil Liability and Emotional Harm 135
Dillon v. Legg 135
Thing v. La Chusa 136
Chapter 18: Clinical Practice Liability 137
Roy v. Hartogs 137
Aetna v. McCabe 138
Mazza v. Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina 138
Wickline v. State 139
Wilson v. Blue Cross of Southern California 140
Chapter 19: Sexual Harassment 141
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson 141
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. 142
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. 143
Chapter 20: Questions on ADA and Disability Rights 145
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SECTION V: Criminal Law and Incarceration
Chapter 21: Criminal Procedure 159
Robinson v. California 159
Miranda v. Arizona 160
Powell v. Texas 160
North Carolina v. Alford 161
Colorado v. Connelly 162
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Eldred* 162
Chapter 22: Criminal Competencies 165
Dusky v. U.S. 165
Wilson v. U.S. 166
Jackson v. Indiana 166
Drope v. Missouri 167
Medina v. California 168
Godinez v. Moran 169
Cooper v. Oklahoma 170
Indiana v. Edwards 171
Trueblood v. Washington State Department of Social and Health
Services* 171
Chapter 23: Diminished Capacity 173
People v. Patterson 173
Ibn- Tamas v. U.S. 174
People v. Saille 174
Montana v. Egelhoff 175
Chapter 24: Insanity 177
M’Naghten’s Case 177
Durham v. U.S. 178
Washington v. U.S. 178
Frendak v. U.S. 179
Jones v. U.S. 180
U.S. v. Torniero 180
Foucha v. Louisiana 181
Clark v. Arizona 182
Chapter 25: Prisoners’ Rights 185
Estelle v. Gamble 185
Vitek v. Jones 186
Washington v. Harper 186
Riggins v. Nevada 187
Farmer v. Brennan 188
Sell v. U.S. 189
Brown v. Plata 190
Taylor v. Barkes* 190
Contents ( ix )
Chapter 26: Death Penalty 193
Estelle v. Smith 193
Ake v. Oklahoma 194
Ford v. Wainwright 194
Payne v. Tennessee 195
State v. Perry 196
Atkins v. Virginia 196
Roper v. Simmons 197
Panetti v. Quarterman 198
Ryan v. Gonzales* 198
Hall v. Florida* 199
Moore v. Texas* 200
McWilliams v. Dunn* 201
Chapter 27: Sex Offenders 203
Specht v. Patterson 203
Allen v. Illinois 204
Matter of Personal Restraint of Young 204
Kansas v. Hendricks 205
McKune v. Lile 206
Kansas v. Crane 207
Smith v. Doe 207
U.S. v. Comstock 208
Does #1– 5 v. Snyder* 209
Millard v. Rankin* 210
Chapter 28: Questions on Criminal Law and Incarceration 213
SECTION VI: Miscellaneous
Chapter 29: Immigration 239
Padilla v. Kentucky 239
Matter of M- A- M 240
Chapter 30: Gun Ownership 243
District of Columbia v. Heller 243
McDonald v. City of Chicago 244
Tyler v. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department 245
Wollschlaeger v. Governor of Florida 246
Chapter 31: Questions on Immigration and Gun Ownership 249
Appendix A: The Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment,
U.S. Constitution 251
Appendix B: Federal Versus State Jurisdiction and the Supreme
Court 257
Appendix C: U.S. Federal District Courts 261
Appendix D: Glossary of Terms 263
Index 269