1. 1. In re Quinlan, 355 A.2d 647 (N.J. 1976). Death and dying jurisprudence actually predatesQuinlan, butQuinlanwas a landmark case. Seeinfranote 7.
2. 2. See, e.g., Foody v. Manchester Memorial Hospital, 482 A.2d 713 (Conn. 1984);John F. Kennedy Hospital v. Bludworth, 452 So. 2d 921 (Fla. 1984);In re Severns, 421 A.2d 1334 (Del. 1980).
3. 3. See, e.g., In re Conroy, 486 A.2d 1209 (N.J. 1985);In re Torres, 357 N.W2d 332 (Minn. 1984);In re Lydia E. Hall Hospital, 455 N.YS.2d 706 (N.Y Sup. Ct. 1982).
4. 4. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990 ).
5. 5. Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997 ).