In 1964, District of Columbia Appeals Court Judge J. Skelly Wright, acting on the application of Georgetown University Hospital, issued a writ permitting the hospital to overrule the refusal of life-saving blood transfusions ...

In July, 1996, the United States Supreme Court held in Jaffee v. Redmond that statements made to a psychotherapist are privileged communications in a federal action. Prior to Jaffee, the federal courts were not in agreement ...