Court Cases in
Alphabetical Order by Subject
Adoption
April v. Associated Catholic Charities of
New Orleans
629 F. 2d 1295 (Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1993)
Cesnik v. Edgewood Baptist
Church
88 F. 3d 902 (11th Cir. 1996)
In re Adoption of Charles B.
552 N.E. 2d 884, 50 Ohio St. 3d 88 (1990)
In re Interest of Crystal T.
4 Neb. App. 503, 546 N.W. 2d 77 (1996)
Ferenc v. World Child, Inc.
977 F. Supp. 56 (D.D.C. 1997)
Graybeal v. State of Alaska
912 F. 2d 468 (9th Cir. 1990)
J.A. v. St. Joseph's Children's &
Maternity Hospital
52 Pa. D. & C. 4th 142
Lambert v. Associated Catholic Charities
of New Orleans, Inc.
842 So. 2d 1149 (La. App. 4 2003)
Laws v. South Dakota Dept. of Social
Services
598 N.W. 2d 554 (S.D. 1999)
McKinney v. State
950 P. 2d 461, 134 Wash. 2d 388 (1998)
Miller v. Department of Social and Health
Services
2003 WL 220958 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
Price v. State
96 Wash. App. 604, 980 P. 2d 302 (1999)
In re Sahvanna
2003 WL 231302 (Cal. App. 3 Dist.)
Sherman v. Adoption Center of Washington,
Inc.
741 A. 2d 1031 (D.C.App. 1999)
State ex rel. Aaron M. v. West Virginia
Dept. of Health and Human Resources
571 S.E. 2d 142, 211 W.Va. 323 (2001)
Appeal of U.S.W.
541 A. 2d 625 (D.C.Ct.App. 1998)
Wolford v. Children's Home Society of
West Virginia
17 F. Supp. 2d 577 (S.D. W. Va. 1998)
Court Cases on Children With FAS/FAE
In re Alicia Z.
784 N.E. 2d 240, 336 Ill. App. 3d 476, 271 Ill. Dec. 22 (App. Ct. 2002)
In the Matter of C.C.
1997 WL 360676 (Tex. Ct. App.)
In re Adoption of Charles B.
552 N.E. 2d 884, 50 Ohio St. 3d 88 (1990)
In the Matter of the Custody and Parental
Rights of M.M.
271 Mont. 52, 894 P. 2d 298 (1995)
Adoption of Oliver
554 N.E. 2d 40, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 620 (Appeals Ct. 1990)
People v. W.
222 Mich. App. 160, 564 N.W. 2d 903 (Ct. App. 1997)
Appeal of U.S.W.
541 A. 2d 625 (D.C.Ct.App. 1998)
Court Cases on Criminal Law
Appointment of Expert
Witness
Castro v. State of Oklahoma
71 F. 3d 1502 (10th Cir. 1995)
Cherry v. State
781 So. 2d 1040, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S 719 (Fla. 2000)
Ex parte Dobyne
672 So. 2d 1354 (Ala. 1995)
Harris v. Vasquez
913 F. 2d 606 (9th Cir. 1990)
Horsley v. State of Alabama
45 F. 3d 1486 (11th Cir. 1995)
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of
Brian Keith Lord
868 P. 2d 835, 123 Wash. 2d 296 (1994)
In the Interest of M.A.C.
49 S.W. 3d 923 (Tex. App. 2001)
Remeta v. State
710 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 1998)
State v. Brett
126 Wash. 2d 136, 892 P. 2d 29 (1995)
State v. Rose
339 N.C. 172, 451 S.E. 2d 211 (N.C. 1994)
State v. S.S.
67 Wash. App. 800, 840 P. 2d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992)
Competency to Stand Trial
Dunn v. Johnson
162 F. 3d 302 (5th Cir. 1998)
Miller v. State
942 S.W. 2d 825, 328 Ark. 121 (1997)
People v. Fleming
2003 WL 21675890 (Mich. App.)
People v. Michael A.
2003 WL 2240513 (Cal. App. 5th)
State v. Lee
220 Wis. 2d 716, 583 N.W. 2d 674, 1998 WL 286352 (Ct. App. Wisc. 1998)
Confessions By Individuals
With FAS/FAE
State v. Christoph
2000 WL 1854134 (Wash. App. Div. 3)
Diminished Capacity/Guilt
Dillbeck v. State
643 So. 2d 1027 (Fla.)
Foell v. Mathes
2004 WL 240934 (N.D. Iowa)
Foell v. State
2001 WL 1658885 (Iowa Ct. Appeals)
Lambert v. Blodgett
248 F. Supp. 2d 988 (E.D. Wa. 2003)
People v. W.
222 Mich. App. 160, 564 N.W. 2d 903 (Ct. App. 1997)
General
Commonwealth v. Welch
864 S.W. 2d 280 (Ky. 1993)
Sheriff, Washoe County, Nevada v.
Encoe
110 New. 1317, 885 P. 2d 596 (1994)
State v. Deborah Z.
228 Wis. 2d 468, 596 N.W. 2d 490 (1999)
State v. Ross
1996 WL 208476 (Minn. Ct. App.)
State v. Sidwell
1997 WL 1340003 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
In the Interest of Tawanya J.
193 Wis. 2d 639, 537 N.W. 2d 434, 1995 WL 146902 (Ct. App. 1995)
Ineffective Assistance of
Counsel
In re Andrews
52 P. 2d 656, 28 Cal. 4th 1234, 124 Cal. Rptr. 473 (2002)
Burgess v. Alabama
CR-02-0977, 2005 WL 2402672 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005)
Byram v. Ozmint
339 F. 3d 203 (4th Cir. 2003)
Castro v. Ward
138 F. 3d 810
(10th Cir. 1998)
Cole v. Crosby
No. 505CV222OC10GRJ, slip op., 2006 WL 1169536 (M.D. Fla. 2006)
Davidson v. State
2000 WL 674697 (Tenn. Crim. App.)
Davis v. Executive Director of the
Department of Corrections
891 F. Supp. 1459 (D. Colo. 1995)
Dillbeck v. Florida
882 So.2d 969 (Fla. 2004)
Elledge v. Florida
911 So.2d 57 (Fla. 2005)
Floyd v. State
2002 WL 58547 (Fla.)
Foell v. Mathes
2004 WL 240934 (N.D. Iowa)
Francis v. Dugger
908 F. 2d 696 (11th Cir. 1990)
697 F. Supp. 472 (S.D. Fla. 1988)
Francis v. State
529 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 1988)
State v. Haberstroh
69 P. 2d 676 (Nev. 2003)
Harris v. Vasquez
913 F. 2d 606 (9th Cir. 1990)
Horsley v. State of Alabama
45 F. 3d 1486 (11th Cir. 1995)
Lambert v. Blodgett
248 F. Supp. 2d 988 (E.D. Wa. 2003)
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of
Brian Keith Lord
868 P. 2d 835, 123 Wash. 2d 296 (1994)
Murphy v. State
54 P. 2d 556 (Okl. Crim. App. 2002)
Remeta v. State
710 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 1998)
Rompilla v. Horn
355 F. 3d 233 (3d Cir. 2004)
Silva v. Woodford
279 F. 3d 825 (9th Cir. 2002)
Sullivan v. State of Delaware
1998 WL 231264 (D. Del. 1998)
1995 WL 465172 (Del. Super.)(related state court decision)
State v. Brett
126 Wash. 2d 136, 892 P. 2d 29 (1995)
State v. Murphy
91 Ohio St. 3d 516, 747 N.E. 2d 765 (2001)
State v. Sullivan
1995 WL 465172 (Del. Super.)
United States v. Murphy
50 M.J. 4 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1998)
56 M.J. 642 (U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals)
Williams v. Calderon
52 F. 3d 1465 (9th Cir. 1995)
Williams v. Warden of the Mecklenburg
Correctional Center
254 Va. 16, 487 S.E. 2d 194 (1997)
Police Practices
Burt ex. rel. County of Wake Adult
Guardianship Programs v. North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
605 S.E.2d 740 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)
State v. Bonner
577 N.W. 2d 575, 1998 S.D. 30 (1998)
Sentencing
Black v. Tennessee
No. M2004-01345-CCA-R3-PD, slip op., 2005 WL 2662577 (Tenn. Crim. App.
2005)
Brown v. State
659 N.E. 2d 671 (Ind. Ct. App. 1996)
Burgess v. Alabama
CR-02-0977, 2005 WL 2402672 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005)
Castro
v. State of Oklahoma
71 F. 3d 1502 (10th Cir. 1995)
Cole v. Crosby
No. 505CV222OC10GRJ, slip op., 2006 WL 1169536 (M.D. Fla. 2006)
Davies v. State
758 N.E. 2d 981 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
Denny v. Alaska
No. A-7140, 1999 WL 34002415 (Alaska Ct. App. 1999)
E.T. v. State
879 P. 2d 363 (Alaska 1994)
Dillbeck v. Florida
882 So.2d 969 (Fla. 2004)
Hall v. Texas
160 S.W.3d 24 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004)
Hunter v. State
660 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 1995)
Johnson v. State of Missouri
102 S.W. 2d 535 (Mo. 2003)
Jones v. State
652 So. 2d 346 (Fla. 1995)
People v. Arias
13 Cal. 4th 92, 913 P. 2d 980, 51 Cal. Rptr. 7770 (1996)
People v. Bell
172 Misc. 2d 25, 656 N.Y.S. 2d 162 (1997)
People v. Ray
13 Cal. 4th 313, 914 P. 2d 846, 52 Cal. Rptr. 2d 296 (1996)
People v. Roybal
19 Cal. 4th 481, 79 Cal. Rptr. 487 (1999)
People v. W.
222 Mich. App. 160, 564 N.W. 2d 903 (Ct. App. 1997)
Regina v. J. (T.)
[1999] Y.J. No. 57 (Yukon Territorial Court)
Full text available on Westlaw,
1999 Carswell Yukon 99 [1999] Y.J. 57.
Remeta v. State
710 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 1998)
State v. Bonner
577 N.W. 2d 575, 1998 S.D. 30 (1998)
State v. Brett
126 Wash. 2d 136, 892 P. 2d 29 (1995)
State v. Dearbone
125 Wash. 2d 173, 883 P. 2d 303 (1994)
State v. Haberstroh
69 P. 2d 676 (Nev. 2003)
State v. Johnson
22 S.W. 2d 183 (Mo. 2000)
State v. Locklear
349 N.C. 118, 505 S.E. 2d 277 (N.C. 1998)
State v. Martinez
1999 WL 152847 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
State v. Morris
1995 WL 562253 (Del. Super.)
State v. Pirtle
127 Wash. 2d 628, 904 P. 2d 245 (Wash. 1996)
State v. Sidwell
1997 WL 1340003 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
State v. Timmendequas
168 N.J. 20, 773 A. 2d 18 (2001)
161 N.J. 515, 737 A. 2d 55 (1999)
State v. William K.
1997 WL 222804 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
United States v. Charles
52 F. 3d 335, 1995 WL 230349 (9th Cir.)
United
States v. Dutchie
91 F. 3d 160, 1996 WL 400220 (10th Cir.)
Zack v. State of Florida
753 So. 2d 9 (Fla. 2000)
Sexual Offenses
In The Interests of Alicia R.
1998 WL 855512 (Conn. Super.)
Dillbeck v. Florida
882 So.2d 969 (Fla. 2004)
Mohawk Trail Regional School District v.
Shaun D.
35 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.Mass. 1999)
In re the Detention of Nicholas
1999 WL 305229 (Wa. App. 2d)
People v. Michael A.
2003 WL 2240513 (Cal. App. 5th)
People v. Michael F.
2003 WL 23096999 (Cal. App. 3 Dist.)
People v. W.
222 Mich. App. 160, 564 N.W. 2d 903 (Ct. App. 1997)
Regina v. J. (T.)
[1999] Y.J. No. 57 (Yukon Territorial Court)
Full text available on Westlaw,
1999 Carswell Yukon 99 [1999] Y.J. 57.
State v. Bonner
577 N.W. 2d 575, 1998 S.D. 30 (1998)
State v. E.A.J.
67 P. 3d 518 (Wa. Ct. App. 2003)
State v. Morris
1995 WL 562253 (Del. Super.)
State v. Storzer
2001 WL 15926 (Wis. App.)
Testimony By Individuals
With FAS/FAE
Devereaux v. Perez
2000 WL 1781357 (Wash. App. Div. 3)
Devereux v. Abbey
263 F. 3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2001)(en banc)
State v. Goldenstein
505 N.W. 2d 332 (Ct. App. Minn. 1993)
United
States v. Allen J.
127 F. 3d 1292 (10th Cir. 1997)
United States v. Butterfly
72 Fed. 3d 136, 1995 WL 729484 (9th Cir.)
182 F. 3d 928, 1999 WL 369954 (9th Cir.)
Vulnerable Victim
Burt ex. rel. County of Wake Adult
Guardianship Programs v. North Carolina Dept. of Corrections
605 S.E.2d 740 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)
Regan v. Hoffner
209 F. Supp. 2d 703 (E.D. Mich. 2002)
United States v. Allen J.
127 F. 3d 1292 (10th Cir. 1997)
United States v. Bahe
201 F. 3d 1124 (9th Cir. 2000)
United States v. Butterfly
72 Fed. 3d 136, 1995 WL 729484 (9th Cir.)
182 F. 3d 928, 1999 WL 369954 (9th Cir.)
United States v. Charles
52 F. 3d 335, 1995 WL 230349 (9th Cir.)
United States v. Janis
71 F. 3d 308 (8th Cir. 1995)
United States v. Lee
141 F. 3d 1171, 1998 WL 165722 (8th Cir.)
Waiver of Rights
Dobyne v. State
672 So. 2d 1319 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)
Foell v. State
2001 WL 1658885 (Iowa Ct. Appeals)
State v. Jones
153 N.C. App. 358, 570 S.E. 2d 128 (N.C.Ct. App. 2002)
State v. Setser
122 N.M. 794, 932 P. 2d 484 (N.Mex. 1996)
United States v. Aripa
132 F. 3d 40, 1997 WL 787487 (9th Cir.)
Diagnosis and Symptoms
of FAS/FAE
In The Interests of Alicia R.
1998 WL 855512 (Conn. Super.)
In re Alicia Z.,
784 N.E. 2d 240, 336 Ill. App. 3d 476, 271 Ill. Dec. 22 (App. Ct. 2002)
April v. Associated Catholic Charities
of New Orleans
629 F. 2d 1295 (Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1993)
Calliham v. Secretary of Department of
Health and Human Services
1991 WL 214067 (United States Court of Claims)
In the Matter of C.C.
1997 WL 360676 (Tex. Ct. App.)
Cole v. Crosby
No. 505CV222OC10GRJ, slip op., 2006 WL 1169536 (M.D. Fla. 2006)
Davies v. State
758 N.E. 2d 981 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
Devereux v. Abbey
263 F. 3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2001)(en banc)
Ex parte Dobyne
672 So. 2d 1354 (Ala. 1995)
Elledge v. Florida
911 So.2d 57 (Fla. 2005)
In The Matter of Adoption of
F.H.
851 P. 2d 1361 (Alaska 1993)
Francis v. State
529 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 1988)
In the Matter of the Welfare of
G.A.R.B.
2004 WL 51814 (Minn. App.)
Hall v. Texas
160 S.W.3d 24 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004)
Harris v. Vasquez
913 F. 2d 606 (9th Cir. 1990)
In The Interest of Jonathan M.
1998 WL 764142 (Conn. Super.)
Kearse v. State
770 So. 2d 1119 (Fla. 2000)
In the Matter of Natasha
Milland
146 Misc. 2d 1, 146 Misc. 2d 1 (Family Ct. N.Y. Cty. 1989)
Miller v. Department of Social and Health
Services
2003 WL 220958 (Wash. App. Div. 1)
Murphy v. State
54 P. 2d 556 (Okl. Crim. App. 2002)
Nelson v. State
850 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 2003)
Adoption of Oliver
554 N.E. 2d 40, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 620 (Appeals Ct. 1990)
People v. Ray
13 Cal. 4th 313, 914 P. 2d 846, 52 Cal. Rptr. 2d 296 (1996)
Price v. State
96 Wash. App. 604, 980 P. 2d 302 (1999)
Regina v. J. (T.)
[1999] Y.J. No. 57 (Yukon Territorial Court)
Full text available on Westlaw,
1999 Carswell Yukon 99 [1999] Y.J. 57.
Risinger v. Concannon
201 F.R.D. 16 (2001)
Roelandt v. Apfel
125 F. Supp. 2d 1138 (S.D. Iowa 2001)
In re Sahvanna
2003 WL 231302 (Cal. App. 3 Dist.)
State v. Bonner
577 N.W. 2d 575, 1998 S.D. 30 (1998)
State v. Brett
126 Wash. 2d 136, 892 P. 2d 29 (1995)
In the Matter of the Adoption of
T.J.F.
798 N.E. 2d 867 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
Disability Benefits/Social
Security
In The Interests of Alicia R.
1998 WL 855512 (Conn. Super.)
Ferguson v. Massanari
2001 WL 902207 (D.Del.)
Risinger v. Concannon
201 F.R.D. 16 (2001)
Roelandt v. Apfel
125 F. Supp. 2d 1138 (S.D. Iowa 2001)
Rowan v. Barnhart
2003 WL 21246542 (3d Cir.)
Education
Mohawk Trail Regional School District v.
Shaun D.
35 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.Mass. 1999)
Walker v. District of
Columbia
157 F. Sup. 2d 11 (D.D.C. 2001)
Juvenile
In re Interest of Crystal T.
4 Neb. App. 503, 546 N.W. 2d 77 (1996)
In the Matter of the Welfare of
G.A.R.B.
2004 WL 51814 (Minn. App.)
Mohawk Trail Regional School District v.
Shaun D.
35 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.Mass. 1999)
In re the Detention of Nicholas
1999 WL 305229 (Wa. App. 2d)
People v. Michael A.
2003 WL 2240513 (Cal. App. 5th)
State v. Christoph
2000 WL 1854134 (Wash. App. Div. 3)
State v. E.A.J.
67 P. 3d 518 (Wa. Ct. App. 2003)
Liability of Manufacturers
of Alcoholic Beverages
McGuire v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.
790 S.W. 2d 842 (Tex. App. 1990)
Northern Insurance Co. of New York v.
Allied Mutual Insurance Co.
955 F. 2d 1353 (9th Cir. 1992)
Miscellaneous
Bateman v. Valley Clinic
127 Wash. App. 1002, 2005 WL 895818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005)
California Restaurant Association v. City
of Los Angeles
192 Cal. App. 3d 405, 237 Cal. Rptr. 415 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987)
Commonwealth v. Welch
864 S.W. 2d 280 (Ky. 1993)
In the Matter of the Children of Corey
Lee Dixon
2003 WL 21152526 (Minn. Ct. App.)
In the Matter of Danielle
Smith
128 Misc. 2d 976, 492 N.Y.S. 2d (N.Y. Family Ct. 1985)
Dubovsky, ex rel. Estate of Dubovsky
v. City of Philadelphia
No. Civ.A.04-CV-467, 2005 WL 113016 (E.D. Pa. 2005)
Hornell
Brewing Co., Inc. v. Brady
819 F. Supp. 1227 (E.D.N.Y. 1993)
Schoonover v. State
116 Wash. App. 171, 64 P. 3d 677 (2003)
Toni D. v. Superior Court
2002 WL 1943651 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.)
Walton v. Albany Community Development
Agency
279 A.D. 93, 718 N.Y.S. 2d 456 (3rd App. Div. 2001)
Special Education
April v. Associated Catholic Charities of
New Orleans
629 F. 2d 1295 (Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1993)
Termination of Parental
Rights: Child with FAS/FAE
In re Alicia Z.
784 N.E. 2d 240, 336 Ill. App. 3d 476, 271 Ill. Dec. 22 (App. Ct. 2002)
In the Interest of B.B. and P.B.
971 S.W. 2d 160 (Texas Ct. App. 1998)
In re Denice F.
658 A. 2d 1070 (Me. 1995)
In The Matter of the Children of
Dixon
2003 WL 21152526 (Minn. App.)
In the Interest of L.S.M.
236 Ga. App. 537, 512 S.E. 2d 397 (Ga. App. 1999)
In the Interest of M.A.C.
49 S.W. 3d 923 (Tex. App. 2001)
In the Matter of the Custody and Parental
Rights of M.M.
271 Mont. 52, 894 P. 2d 298 (1995)
Mahaney v. Mahaney
51 P. 3d 776, 146 Wash. 2d 878 (2002)
In the Matter of Natasha Milland
146 Misc. 2d 1, 146 Misc. 2d 1 (Family Ct. N.Y. Cty. 1989)
Adoption of Oliver
554 N.E. 2d 40, 28 Mass. App. Ct. 620 (Appeals Ct. 1990)
Sherry R. v. State
74 P. 3d 896 (Alaska 2003)
Snipes v. State Department of Human
Resources
542 So. 2d 282 (Ala. Civ. App. 1989)
In re the custody of T.M.
267 Mont. 75, 881 P. 2d 1333 (1994)
Appeal of U.S.W.
541 A. 2d 625 (D.C.Ct.App. 1998)
In re Zaire T.
2001 WL 360046 (Conn. Super.)
Termination of Parental
Rights: Parent with FAS/FAE
In The Interests of Alicia R.
1998 WL 855512 (Conn. Super.)
In re Brandon Lee
567 S.E. 2d 597 (W.Va. 2001)
In re Dalilah Rose
1996 WL 745838 (Conn. Super.)
In the Interest of D.S.R.
246 Ga. App. 426, 541 S.E. 2d 61 (Ga. App. 2000)
In The Interest of Jonathan M.
1998 WL 764142 (Conn. Super.)
Care & Protection of Pasquale
766 N.E. 2d 564, 54 Mass. App. Ct. 1113, 2002 WL 718168 (2002)
Termination of Parental
Rights: Other
In the Matter of Danielle Smith
Toni D. v. Superior Court
2002 WL 1943651 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.)
In re Valerie D.
223 Conn. 492, 613 A. 2d 748 (1992)
Testimony By Witness
With FAS/FAE
State v. Anderson
2002 WL 1278062 (Wash. Div. App. 2)
Bailey v. Kansas
89 P.3d 662, 2004 WL 1087063 (Kan. Ct. App. 2004)
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