Mental Health Case Law List & Summaries
WHY TO STUDY CASE LAW?
Case law refers to the available writings that explain particular cases. Case law is typically created and developed by judges who deliver these particular rulings; case law is driven when judges write their decisions and give the reasoning behind their verdicts. Collected opinions may be referred to in a future case by other judges when they themselves offer their rulings on similar cases; this relationship that is derived through case law, enables the law to remain relatively consistent.
HOW DOES IT APPLY TO MENTAL HEALTH?
Case law can be related to mental health. Because SFU provides psycho-legal mental health assessments, some case law cases are relevant. See below some mental health case law areas and summaries of some case law briefs.
Competency related cases
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
Dusky v. U.S. (1960)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Pate v. Robinson (1966)
Wilson v. U.S. (1968)
North Carolina v. Alford (1970)
Jackson v. Indiana (1972)
Selling v. Eyman (1973)
Drope v. Missouri (1975)
State v. Bauer II (1980)
Davis v. Wyrick (1985)
U.S. v. Charters (1987)
U.S. v. Charters (1988)
Powell v. Texas (1989)
Medina v. California (1992)
Godinez v. Moran (1993)
State v. Camacho (1997)
State of Minnesota v. Maime Hernandez Mills (1997)
State v. Mills (1997)
U.S. v. Duhon (2000)
Dickerson v. U.S. (2000)
Sell v. U.S. (2003)
Fellers v. U.S. (2004)
Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010)
Pro Se (appearing for oneself, not retaining a lawyer) cases
Faretta v. California (1975)
State v. Thornblad (1994)
Indiana v. Edwards (2008)
Criminal Responsibility Cases
Daniel M’Naughten’s Case (1843, England)
State v. Gut (1886)
Durham v. U.S. (1954)
State v. Finn (1960)
McDonald v. U.S. (1962)
Whalem v. U.S. (1965)
Washington v. U.S. (1967)
U.S. v. Brawner (1972)
State v. Rawland (1972)
State v. Bott (1976)
Frendak v. U.S. (1981)
State v. Ulm (1982)
Jones v. U.S. (1983)
Ake v. Oklahoma (1985)
U.S. v. Marble (1991)
Foucha v. Louisiana (1992)
Nature of the Case: Criminal Responsibility
Voluntary Intoxication Cases
State v. Altimus (1976)
State v. Clarken (1977)
State v. Johnson (1982)
Montana v. Egelhof (1996)
Civil Commitment Cases
Lake v. Cameron (1966)
Lessard v. Schmidt (1972)
Donaldson v. O’Conner (1974)
O’Conner v. Donaldson (1975)
Parham v. JR et. al. (1979)
Youngberg v. Romeo (1982)
Zinermon v. Burch (1990)
Heller v. Doe (1993)
Olmstead v. L.C. (1999)
Mentally Ill and Dangerous Cases
Johnson v. Noot (1982)
In re: Malm (1985)
In re: Lufsky (1986)
In re: Kottke (1988)
Reome v. Levine (1988)
In re: Hoffmaster (1989)
In re: Jasmer (1989)
In re: Clemons (1993)
Silverpony v. Goodno (2008)
Banks v. Ludeman (2010) (1979)
SVP (Sexually Violent Person) Commitment Cases
Minnesota ex real Pearson (1940)
Allen v. Illinois (1986)
In re: Young and Cunningham (1993)
Kansas v. Hendricks (1997)
Kansas v. Crane (2002)
U.S. v. Comstock (2010)
Right to Treatment and Right to Refuse Treatment Cases
Baxstrom v. Herold (1966)
Wyatt v. Stickney (1972)
Estelle v. Gamble (1976)
Price v. Sheppard (1976)
Rogers v. Orkin (1980)
Vitek v. Jones (1980)
Clites v. Iowa (1982)
Rennie v. Klein (1983)
Jarvis v. Levine (1988)
Washington v. Harper (1990)
Riggins v. Nevada (1992)
Farmer v. Brennan (1994)
Duty to Protect Cases
Tarasoff v. Regents (1976)
Lipari v. Sears (1980)
Brady v. Hopper (1980)
Jablonsky v. U.S. (1983)
Hedlund v. Sup. Court of Orange County (1983)
Naidu v. Laird (1988)
Culberson v. Chapman (1993)
Anderson v. Yellow Medicine County (2002)
Confidentiality, Privacy, and Privilege Cases
In re: Lifshutz (1970)
Canterbury v. Spence (1972)
Caesar v. Mountanos (1976)
Whalen v. Roe (1977)
Doe v. Roe (1977)
Commonwealth v. Kobrin (1985)
Menendez v. Superior Court (1992)
Jaffee v. Redmond (1996)
Experts and Evidence
Federal rules of evidence 102, 2014, 401-403, 413, 602, 701-706
Frye v. U.S. (1923)
Jenkins v. U.S. (1962)
Minnesota v. Mack (1980)
Bruce v. Byrne-Stevens & Associates (1989)
Murphy v. Mathewa (1992)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow (1993)
Budwin v. American Psychological Association (1994)
Detherage v. Examining Board of Psychology (1994)
General Electric v. Joiner (1997)
Kumbo Tire v. Carmichael (1999)
Goeb v. Tharaldson (2000)
Admissibility and Eyewitnesses Cases
State v. Hurd (1980)
People v. Shirley (1982)
Rock v. Arkansas (1987)
White v. Illinois (1992)
Crawford v. Washington (2004)
State v. Henderson (2011)
Perry v. New Hampshire (2012)
