Judicial Trends in Public Health
The Network for Public Health Law monitors key court cases and relevant judicial trends in public health. The Network’s monthly reporter, Judicial Trends in Public Health (JTPH), highlights select published cases from the prior 3 months in public health law and policy.
Cases are organized under the sub-topics below (adapted from chapter titles in Public Health Law in a Nutshell (4th Edition) by James G. Hodge, Jr., Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University. Cases are also organized by name, issuing court, date of issuance, along with a brief synopsis, link to the case abstract, and hyperlink to the full decisions (when publicly available).
Cases are valid and in effect when posted. It is possible that some cases are overturned or modified in some respect by a higher court or later case. Please contact the Network to confirm that any JTPH remains valid. For more information, including a topic digest of these and other cases, see below.
Questions, comments, thoughts? Contact Kathleen Hoke, J.D. for more information. Select a sub-topic below to view all cases under that topic.
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Resources
Bates v. Oregon Health Authority
Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital
Does v. Broadbent, et al.
In re Fosamax (alendronate sodium) Products Liability Litigation
Food and Water Watch, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. v. Connelly
The Catholic Benefits Association, et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
A.M.C. v. Smith
Planned Parenthood of the Heartlands, et al. v. Reynolds, et al.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Vullo
Redd v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al.