No. 18-959

Mandy Rooks v. Drake Rooks

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2019-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: classification constitutional-rights due-process embryo-classification embryo-personhood embryo-status family-law family-rights marital-property personhood property-rights religious-freedom religious-rights reproductive-rights
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Securities Patent Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether extracorporeal embryos are persons or property

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether extracorporeal embryos created during marriage are persons or a property. Whether classifying extracorporeal embryos as property and permitting one spouse to discard or donate them to a third party violates the religious rights of the other spouse who believes the embryos are ensouled.

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-01-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Mandy Rooks
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner