JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ET AL.

v.

KING COUNTY HOSPITAL UNIT NO. 1 (HARBOR-VIEW) ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Jacquelyn Renee Town v. State of Fla. ex rel. Janet Reno, 377 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1979)
  …ve upheld the state’s right to protect children by requiring emergency medical treatment over a parent’s religious objection. E. g., In re Sampson, 29 N.Y.2d 900, 328 N.Y.S.2d 686, 278 N.E. 2d 918 (1972); Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital, 390 U.S. 598, 88 S.Ct. 1260, 20 L.Ed.2d 158 (1968). Restriction on the handling of poisonous snakes and drinking poison as a religious practice has also been upheld. State ex rel. Swann v. Pack, 527 S.W. 2d 99 (Tenn.1975), cert. denied, 424 U.S. 954, 96 S.Ct. 14…
• Parham v. J. R., 442 U.S. 584 (U.S. 1979)
  …Behalf of “Neglected” Children: A Search for Realistic Standards, 27 Stan. L. Rev. 985 (1975). See, e. g., Martorell v. Ochoa, 276 F. 99 (CA1 1921). See, e. g., Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital, 278 F. Supp. 488 (WD Wash. 1967), aff’d, 390 U. S. 598 (1968); In re Sampson, 65 Misc. 2d 658, 317 N. Y. S. 2d 641 (Fam. Ct. Ulster County, 1970), aff’d, 37 App. Div. 2d 668, 323 N. Y. S. 2d 253 (1971), aff’d, 29 N. Y. 2d 900, 278 N. E. 2d 918 (1972); State v. Perricone, 37 N. J. 463, 181 A. 2d 751 (196…
• His Excellency Bishop Ricardo Surinach v. de Busquets, 604 F.2d 73 (1st Cir. 1979)
  …. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158, 168-69, 64 S.Ct. 438, 88 L.Ed. 645 (1944) (state’s interest in protecting children from physical harm and exploitation as street proselytizers overrides religious dictates); Jehovah’s Witnesses v. King County Hospital, 390 U.S. 598, 88 S.Ct. 1260, 20 L.Ed.2d 158 (1968) (per curiam), aff’g, 278 F.Supp. 488 (W.D.Wash.1967) (three judge court) (state may override religiously motivated decision of parents to withhold blood transfusion necessary to save child’s life). This is not…

Authorities Cited

• Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (U.S. 1944)