Perry v. Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 89-5120
Turnock, M.D., MPH, Director of the the Illinois Department of Public Health v. Ragsdale, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 88-790: Right to abortion, right to privacy.
California Association of Psychology Providers v. Rank, Director, Department of Health Services, Supreme Court of California, No. S002524: Allowing psychologists to diagnose and to formulate and implement treatment plans for hospitalized patients is inconsistent with sound health care practice.
State of Minnesota v. Hodgson, U.S. Supreme Court, Nos. 88-805, 88-1309: Whether a state can burden a minor's constitutional right to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy by requiring in every case that one or both parents be notified of her decision without providing an effective~ confidential and expeditious alternative procedure that does not require parental notification.
Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, et al., U.S. Supreme Court, Nos. 88-805, 88-1309: Whether a state can burden a minor's constitutional right to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy by requiring in every case that one or both parents be notified of her decision without providing an effective~ confidential and expeditious alternative procedure that does not require parental notification.
Wilkerson v. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Court of Appeals for the third Circuit, No. 1989: Although once thought to be a voluntary condition for which disability benefits ought not be paid, alcoholism is now recognized in the law to be a potentially disabling disease without other impairments, and despite medical and legal opinion that alcoholism standing alone can be disabling, the Secretary continues to apply regulations that effectively require a showing of end-organ damage before benefits are awarded.