FEDERAL COURT CASES:

• Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health:

  • Citation: 497 U.S. 261, 110 S.Ct. 2841 (1990).
    
  • Majority Opinion by Chief Justice Rehnquist.
  • Concurring Opinion by Justice O'Connor.
  • Concurring Opinion by Justice Scalia.
    
  • Dissenting Opinion by Justice Brennan.
  • Dissenting Opinion by Justice Stevens.
  • Syllabus of the Case, posted by Cornell Law School.

• Article by Wikipedia -- Summary, with background & links.
• Lessons from the Cruzan Case -- Commentary posted by the American Medical Association.
  

• Griswold v. Connecticut:

• Citation: 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
• Holding: There is an unwritten constitutional right of privacy to exist in the penumbra of specific guarantees of the Bill of Rights "formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance." This right is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate pregnancy under certain conditions. This right was later extended to end-of-life situations.
  
• APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF CONNECTICUT No. 496 Argued: March 29-30, 1965 --- Decided: June 7, 1965

• Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital:

• Citation: 446 F. Supp. 1295 (E.D. PA, 1997) re surrogate decision-making for mentally handicapped institutional residents.
• See also related federal appeals & opinions re rights of residents & closure of facility:
  

• Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman (465 U.S. 89 (U.S. Supreme Ct., 1984).

• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman 451 U.S. 1 (U.S. Supreme Ct., 1981).

• Schiavo (Terri) Guardianship (1998 - 2005) -- Various Florida state & federal appellate decisions:

• Case history & documents: "Terri Schiavo Case: Legal Issues Involving Healthcare Directives, Death, and Dying" by FindLaw.
• Timeline & references: "Schiavo Case Resources: Key events in the case of Theresa Marie Schiavo" -- Posted by the University of Miami, Ethics Programs.
• See also:
• Abstract Appeal – “The Terri Schiavo Information Page”(compliled by a blogger in Florida; Rev. 05/01/05).
• Federal Court Opinions:
  
• March 30, 2005: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Parents' Appeal (PDF)
• March 23, 2005: Ruling of the Full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (PDF)
• March 23, 2005: Ruling of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (PDF)
  
• March 22, 2005: U.S. District Judge James Whittemore's Ruling (PDF)
• ABC News: Poll: "No Role for Government in Schiavo Case" (03/21/05).
  
• Tampa Bay Online - Compilation of news reports on Case developments
• Wikipedia article "Public opinion and activism in the Terri Schiavo case".