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O’Connor v. Donaldson (SCOTUS 1975) FOTC

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  • Donaldson committed to FL State Hospital 1957, dx paranoid schizophrenic
  • minimal tx in 15 years. Christian Scientist, refused meds/ECT.
  • OT and grounds privileges denied.
  • Friends offered to take him in, hospital ignored.
  • Donaldson brough suit of malpractice/const violation, alleged malicious/intentional confinement
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O’Connor v. Donaldson (SCOTUS 1975) Court History

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  • Distr Co jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages against 2 docs
  • COA affirmed; held civilly committed person has constitutional RTT “as will give him a reasonable opportunity to be cured or improve his mental condition”
  • Dr O’Connor appealed SCOTUS
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O’Connor v. Donaldson (SCOTUS 1975) COA Constitutional Rational (Gen + 2)

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14th A guarantees RTT
1. Parens patriae: confinement must bear relation to purpose. If for parens patriae rationale, that pt needs tx, then due process means minimally adequate tx be in fact provided.
2. QpQ

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O’Connor v. Donaldson (SCOTUS 1975) H (Gen, Different Issues) & R (Gen, RTT/QPQ, other Const)

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H: Reversed remanded on Q of damages, but limited discussion to confinement Q (avoided RTT issue):
- no constitutional basis for involuntarily holding if not dangerous to others and can live safely “with the help of willing and responsible family members or friends”
R: State can’t force holding of those simply who are different, just d/t public intolerance or presence of MI
- Didn’t fully address/recognize RTT: QpQ argument rejected, said couldn’t really equate constitutional RTT w/ due process
- However, noted that 8th A argument could be used, free for harm from abuse, crowding, lack of supervision, improper meds, etc.

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) FOTC & Issue

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  • LC and EW ID women at GRHA. (LC also schiz, EW PD)
  • Voluntarily admitted, then judged appropriate for community-based
  • Filed suit of continued confinement, failure to place in community based once appropriate, violated Title II ADA, stating exclusion from public services (EW identical claim)
  • Requested residential -> reintegration
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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) Court History & Issue

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Distr Co: granted partial summary judgment, ordering placement, and saying unnecessary institutional segregation = discrimination, can’t be justified by lack of funding
COA: Affirmed, but remanded for reassessment of state’s cost-based defense
- Appealed SCOTUS
ISSUE: Whether ADA T II discrimination element requires placement of ID in community settings instead of institutions.

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) H (Gen, 3 requirements, Ultimate Outcome)

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Qualified yes, if:
1. Tx professions determined community placement appropriate
2. Xfer to less restrictive setting not opposed by affected individual
3. Placement can be reasonably accommodated taking into account State’s resources & needs of others w/ mental disabilities
- Remanded for further consideration of app relief given State’s facilities/obligations to others

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) R (2 General ADA Discr Points, Rejected Arg, Institutional Consequences, Caveat for State’s Responsibility + Ex)

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1) Unjustified detention severely limits outside exposure, thus form of discrimination prohibited by Title II ADA
2) State can resist modifications that would “fundamentally alter” services
- Rejected arg that no comparison class given preferential tx: those w/o ID could receive medical services w/o giving up comm participation
- Institutional placement reinforces stigmas against IDs, severely diminishes life activities
- HOWEVER, State’s responsibility not boundless. Bc numerous services to many people, needs more leeway than lower courts allowed. (ex: if showed waiting list at reasonable pace, reasonable modification would be met”)

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) Dissent

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SCOTUS has never endorses interpretation of discrimination that encompassed disparate tx among members of same protected class

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) Historical Later

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2001 EO Bush expanded to cover all persons w/ disabilities and committed to community based alternatives to address unjustified isolation/segregation

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Olmstead v. L.C. (SCOTUS 1999) Central Issue

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Cost: if state can provide community based alternative at no more cost, it must do so

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Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. (SCOTUS 1998) FOTC & Issue

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  • Oncale worked for Sundowner on oil platform in Gulf
  • Forcibly subjected to sex-related, humiliating actions by multiple crew members including supervisors; complaints w/ no action
  • Quit bc felt if didn’t, would be raped or forced to have sex
  • Sued discriminated against based on section
  • Distr Co said no cause of action under T VII CRA b/c male co-workers
  • COA affirmed summ judgment
    ISSUE: Whether workplace harassment can violate T VII prohibition against discrimination bc of sex when harasser/harassed same sex
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Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. (SCOTUS 1998) H & R (General Sociological Consideration, Congressional Focus, Argument Rejected, Important Caveat & Critical Issue, and Two Tests Upheld)

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H: Reversed/remanded. Same-sex sexual harassment is actionable under T VII CRA
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- No reason to presume that one group of humans wouldn’t discriminate against other members of that group
- Even though same-sex harassment not principal evil Congress concerned w/ T VII, statutes can cover reasonably comparable evils
- Defs contended T VII would become “general civility code,” rej bc no reason any diff w/ opposite sex
- Imp to note: offensive sexual content isn’t automatically sexual discrimination, has to be b/c of sex of the victim
- Critical issue: whether members of one sex exposed where members of other wouldn’t be
- Upheld objective reasonable person test for sexual harassment, as well as totality of circumstances test

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Painter v. Bannister (IA SC 1966) FOTC & Issue

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  • Painter asked maternal gparents (Bannisters) to care for son after wife/younger son killed MVA
  • After 1 yr, remarried and asked for child back. Bannisters refused
  • Bannisters middle class, conventional/stable. Painter more artsy/hippie-y
  • Psych testified that he was “a romantic and something of a dreamer”
  • Painter brought habeas corpus for custody, trial court granted
  • Bannisters appealed IA SC
    ISSUE: What is the standard to determine custody of a child?
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Painter v. Bannister (IA SC 1966) H & R (Fitness, Testimony, and Emphasis)

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H: Reversed. Standard is the best interest of the child. Permanent custody awarded to grandparents due to stable, middle class, Middle West background
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- All parties found fit, but Court emphasized stability/improvement while in gparents’ home
- Accepted psychologist testimony, who evaluated gparents home and idenified MGF as father figure and that child likely to “go wrong” if removed from home
- Emphasis placed on child’s needs and not parental preference

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Panetti v. Quarterman (SCOTUS 2007) FOTC

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  • Panetti shot/killed in laws in front of wife/daughter
  • Psychosis, but found CST/waive counsel
  • Convicted/sentenced to death
  • Then claimed ITBE 2/2 MI. Two experts said CTBE bc “knows executed, and will result in his death,” and also mlng
  • Court denied requests for funds of own experts, competency hearing, etc, and found CTBE
  • Panetti filed habeas corpus, saying 8th A forbids execution who lacks rational understanding of reason for execution (he said it was for preaching the Gosepel)
  • COA affirmed distr co, saying just has to be aware of connection b/w crime/punishment, rather than rational understanding of it
  • Appealed SCOTUS
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Panetti v. Quarterman (SCOTUS 2007) 2 Issues

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1) State fail to provide required procedures under Const for CTBE hearing?
2) Does 8th A permit execution who has factual awareness of State’s stated reason for execution, but MI prevents rational understanding of reason?

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Panetti v. Quarterman (SCOTUS 2007) H (2)

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H: Reversed/remanded.
1) State failed to provide CTBE hearing which entitled to under const.
2) COA used improperly restrictive test for ITBE

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Panetti v. Quarterman (SCOTUS 2007) R (Prev Case, Trigger, 4 Deficiencies, Rational Understanding)

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  • Cited Ford v. Wainwright about 8th A forbidding death penalty on insane
  • Also in Ford, once prisoner made “substantial showing of insanity,” 8th and 14th As entitle to hearing to submit evidence, and these were deficient here
  • Deficiencies: Lack of opp to submit response expert evidence, a fair hearing/opp to be heard, transcript of proceedings, and adequate notice
  • Didn’t say that “rational understanding” was 100% necessary for competency, but should be considered to see if distort perception so much that he should be deemed incompetent
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Panetti v. Quarterman (SCOTUS 2007) Dissent (3 - Trigger, D.P., 8th A)

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Thomas
- Panetti hadn’t made substantial showing of insanity to trigger procedural rights, instead only submitted “meager” evidence
- D.P. of Ford only require minimal procedural protections rather than full adversarial
- Holding about “rational understanding” is brand new, new substantive requirement for 8th A

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Parham v. JL and JR (SCOTUS 1979) FOTC & ISSUE

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  • JR/JL children hospitalized in GA state hospital for years due to aggressive behaviors/disrupted placements
  • 42 USC 1983 suit for less confining environment and arguing D.P. rights violated
  • GA statute allowed admission for child to psych hospital w/ application from parent/guardian + hosp superintendent finding evidence of MI/suitable for tx
  • No specific protocol about < 18y/o release
  • Distr Co ruled unconstitutional
  • Appeal eventually SCOTUS
    ISSUE: What constitutional process does minor child have whose parents/guardian seek state-administered institutional care?
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Parham v. JL and JR (SCOTUS 1979) H & R (4 - Interests Weighed, Parental Role, Adversarial Process, and Judge Role)

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H: Reversed/remanded. GA statutes were reasonable and constitutional.
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- Weighed liberty interest of child/possible stigma + parental right to investigate illness/seek tx
- Determined children aren’t creatures of state and parents have important rights/dominant role in the decision
- No need for full adversarial process, but instead need for “neutral fact finder” to determine if properly placed/continued need for tx
- Mode/procedure of medical procedures not role of judges

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Payne v. Tennessee (SCOTUS 1991) FOTC

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  • Payne convc/sentenced death for murdering a mother/daughter and attempting to murder son
  • During sentencing phase, surviving son gmother gave emotional testimony about surviving son crying for his mother (& prosecution included stuff in closing)
  • TN SC affirmed, rejecting contention that gma’s testimony/pros close violated 8th A rights under Booth and Gathers (evidence/arg relating to the victim and impact of victim’s death on family are per se inadmissible at capital sentence hearing)
  • Appealed SCOTUS
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Payne v. Tennessee (SCOTUS 1991) H (3)

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H: 8th A no bar against capital jury considering victim impact. Overruled prev decisions (booth/Gathers). Stare decisis didn’t require Court to follow precedent

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Payne v. Tennessee (SCOTUS 1991) R (5 - Capital Sentence Relevance (2), Prosecution Consideration, Victim Consideration, and Stare Decisis)

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  • Booth/Gathers decided that harm to family =/= blameworthiness, and only that was relevant in capital sentencing
  • However, assessment of harm caused is imp factor in app punishment, and victim impact one method of this
  • No limits on what def may introduce, so prosecution should be able to introduce rebutting
  • Booth/Gathers also rejected so that victims viewed as more “upstanding” wouldn’t invoke harsher punishment than those less so. Rejected, saying that victim impact designed to show each victim’s uniqueness as a human being
  • Stare decisis is good but not inexorable, and previous decisions decided on narrow margins
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Payne v. Tennessee (SCOTUS 1991) Dissent (3 - Relation to Previous Cases, Victim Impact Reasoning, Stare Decisis)

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  • Facts haven’t changed since Booth/Gathers, just court personnel
  • Probative value of victim impact always outweighed by prejudicial effect, and makes sentencing based on eloquence of family members instead of def character/crime circumstances
  • Violating stare decisis like this basically makes every case arbitrary judicial will
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People v. Stritzinger (CA SC 1983) FOTC

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  • Strinzinger molested/other stuff w/ 13F stepdaughter
  • When mother learned, she had both see psychologist
  • Daughter revealed during sessions, which psychologist reported to DSS, relayed to sheriff
  • Sheriff called psychologist for additional info. Psychologist hesitated about info learned from Strinzinger himself, sheriff reassured not protected by privilege. Psychologist revealed
  • At trial, daughter didn’t testify bc mother said would jeopardize MH
  • Instead, daughter’s testimony from preliminary hearings admitted into evidence
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People v. Stritzinger (CA SC 1983) Issues

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1) Did evidentiary rulings at trial violate psychotherapist-patient privilege?
2) And did violate 6th A right to confront witnesses?

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People v. Stritzinger (CA SC 1983) H (Gen and 2)

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Reversed
- Psychologist testimony regarding consultation w/ defendant erroneously admitted at trial
- Child’s preliminary hearing testimony erroneously admitted as mother’s testimony regarding daughter’s mental state insufficient to support finding of unavailability

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People v. Stritzinger (CA SC 1983) R (2 Privilege, 1 Confront Witnesses)

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  • Psychotherapist-patient privilege recognized aspect of pt’s constitutional right to privacy (In re Lifschutz), but not absolute, superseded by obligation to report child abuse
  • However, just required to make initial report, no obligation to go beyond initial report to authorities. Reporting other details from tx would preclude meaningful therapy
  • Right to confront witnesses fundamental 6th A right, and Course require expert testimony/witness’s own refusal to testify to admit preliminary hearing, not just mother’s statement
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Powell v. Texas (SCOTUS 1968) FOTC & Issue

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  • Powell arrested/charged criminal statute being intoxicated in public place
  • Defense was chronic alcoholism = illness, so under Robinson v. California, should be dismissed
  • Psychiatrists testified on defense that he was chronic alcoholic subject to compulsion, but compulsion not “overpowering.”
  • Powell convicted by lower court & fined $50
  • Appealed on basis of Robinson
    ISSUE: Does 14th A prohibit criminalizing public intoxication as either a “status” or non-volitional behavior 2/2 disease?
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Powell v. Texas (SCOTUS 1968) H & R (4 - Prohibition, Constitutional Effect, Downstream Effect, and Present Medical Knowledge)

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H: Conviction upheld, Robinson only made “status” crimes unconstitutional, didn’t adopt a constitutional doctrine of CR
R: Robinson only prohibited status. TX was imposing sanction for the act of a public behavior that might create health/safety hazards
- Said that going further would essentially be making a insanity test on constitutional terms, which is way too far
- Also basically said that alcoholics could no longer be held responsible for actions while drunk
- Present state of medical knowledge, alcoholic couldn’t be construed to suffer from an “irresistible compulsion” to drink

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Powell v. Texas (SCOTUS 1968) Dissent (3)

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Alcoholism disease, this basically uses penal system to try to solve psychiatric problem, and criminal penalties shouldn’t be applied to persons being in condition powerless to change

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