| Rennie v. Klein | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
| Full case name | John E. Rennie v. Ann Klein, Commissioner of Human Services, Michail Rotov, Director, Division of Mental Health and Hospitals, Richard Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Max Pepernik, Acting Medical Director of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Edward Wallace, Assistant Administrator of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, and Josefina Bugaoan, Assistant Medical Director of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital |
| Decided | November 9, 1978 |
| Docket nos. | Civ. A. No. 77-2624 |
| Citation | 462 F. Supp. 1131 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent actions | Motion for preliminary injunction denied, December 12, 1978. |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Stanley Brotman |
Rennie v. Klein, 462 F. Supp. 1131 (D.N.J. 1978), was a case heard in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1978 to decide whether an involuntarily committed mental patient has a constitutional right to refuse psychiatric medication. It was the first case to establish that such a patient has the right to refuse medication in the United States.[1]
- ^ Rennie v. Klein, 462 F. Supp. 1131 (D.N.J. 1978).