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Keefe v. Massachusetts

U.S.
Feb 27, 1984
465 U.S. 1068 (1984)

Summary

declining to find fundamental right to child-parent privilege where "[n]either Congress nor the Legislature of any State has seen fit to adopt a rule granting [such] a privilege . . ."

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Opinion

No. 83-5958.

February 27, 1984, OCTOBER TERM, 1983.


Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 390 Mass. 357, 455 N. E. 2d 1203.


Summaries of

Keefe v. Massachusetts

U.S.
Feb 27, 1984
465 U.S. 1068 (1984)

declining to find fundamental right to child-parent privilege where "[n]either Congress nor the Legislature of any State has seen fit to adopt a rule granting [such] a privilege . . ."

Summary of this case from Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health

allowing civil forfeiture after first DWI offense to enhance subsequent offenses, even though obtained without counsel and without valid waiver of counsel, because progressive statutory scheme was important to solving drunk driving problem

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collecting some additional state authority

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Case details for

Keefe v. Massachusetts

Case Details

Full title:KEEFE, AS GUARDIAN AD LlTEM AND NEXT FRIEND OF THREE JUVENILES v…

Court:U.S.

Date published: Feb 27, 1984

Citations

465 U.S. 1068 (1984)

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