1. State v Bauer, 471 NW2d 363, 367 (Minn App 1991)
2. People v Kevorkian [cases I, II, and V], and Hobbins v Attorney General of Michigan [cases III and IV], 447 Mich 436, 527 NW2d 714 (1994)
3. Mich Comp Laws s 752.1027
4. US Const amd XIV, s 1
5. Cruzan v Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 US 261 (1990)