X-Message-Number: 38 From att!arpa!RELAY.CS.NET!dupont.com!JLCL01!BEATTYR Wed Nov 16 02:36:53 1988 Received: by att.ATT.COM (smail2.6 att-mt) id AA02123; 16 Nov 88 02:36:53 EST (Wed) Received: from relay2.cs.net by RELAY.CS.NET id er25287; 15 Nov 88 16:48 EST Received: from dupont.com by RELAY.CS.NET id am08533; 15 Nov 88 10:05 EST Date: Tue, 15 Nov 88 09:46 EST From: "(Roy R. Beatty) Keane, Inc. [BEATTYR] 302-774-0335 B-10217" <BEATTYR%JLCL01%> Subject: CRYONICS - Dora Kent court decision To: ho4cad!kqb% X-VMS-To: @BWINE:[BEATTYR.MAIL]CRYO,BEATTYR Status: RO Below is the court decision handed down by the Superior Court of CA on the Dora Kent case. Perhaps someone else could get hold of the decision on the AIDS patient's case (Roe vs somebody)? SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: SAUL KENT, ET AL VS RAYMOND L. CARRILLO, ET AL| 2/1/88 DEPT 10| R 191277 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNSEL: Ashworth Hinman Reikus | REPORTER: Masih -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROCEEDING: RULING ON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE COURT FINDS: 1. That the Coroner threatens to thaw the remains of decedents in suspension at the Alcor Foundation even though the Coroner has stated that he has no intention "at this time to thaw out or otherwise remove them from cryonic suspension" which act would be in violation of the rights of the decedents. 2. That the Coroner threatens to thaw the remains of Dora Kent if and when such remains are found which act [sic] would be in violation of the rights of said decedent. 3. That the thawing of the remains of the decedents at the Alcor Foundation and of Dora Kent, if and when found, would produce irreparable injury. 4. No evidence that Dora Kent was alive when she was decapitated. 5. That the Coroner has not nor does he threaten to destroy or alter any form of death certificate pertaining to Dora Kent, whether issued or not. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Raymond L. Carrillo, the Coroner of Riverside County, his agents, employees, attorneys and all other persons under his direction or control or acting in concert with him, are restrained from engaging in or committing any of the following acts: 1. Removing or causing any of the remains of human bodies presently located in or at the premises of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, 12327 Doherty Street, Riverside, California, to be removed from cryonic suspension until further order of this Court. 2. In the event of any further remains of Dora Kent are discovered and are in cryonic suspension, from removing or causing such remains to be removed from cryonic suspension until further order of this Court. Let a Preliminary Injunction issue upon posting of a bond in the amount of $2,500.00. Counsel for moving party shall serve and present to the Court a form of written preliminary injunction in accordance with this order and file the undertaking on or before 4:30 pm, on 2/5/88. MICELI, Judge --------------------------------------------------- | / | R/A | | CAL. |/3| ATTY(S). | | | BOOTH(ss), Clerk --------------------------------------------------- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=38