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Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children's Hospital
This page collects primary source materials on the Tinslee Lewis case. These are court documents, legislative documents, and other publicly released materials.

Tarrant County District Court (Jan. 2021 -)
Plaintiff Proposed Scheduling (April 26, 2021)
Cook Motion to Expedite Trial (April 16, 2021)
 
U.S. Supreme Court (Nov. 2020 -)
The U.S. Supreme Court will meet on Friday, January 8, 2021 to decide whether it will review this case on the merits. Statistically, this is unlikely. The court grants certiorari in only about 1% of the petitions filed.

Denial of Cert (January 11, 2021)
Cook Children's Reply (Dec. 23, 2020)
Tinslee Lewis Opposition (Dec. 18, 2020)
Medical Societies Amicus Brief (December 14, 2020)
Petition for Certiorari (Nov. 13, 2020)
Supreme Court of Texas (August - October 2020)
Supreme Court Declines Review (Oct. 16, 2020)
Amicus brief for Tinslee (Oct. 8, 2020)
Cook Supplemental Motion to Expedite (Tex. Sept 29, 2020)
Cook Reply Brief Supporting Review (Tex. Sept. 18, 2020)
Lewis Brief Opposing Review (Tex. Sept. 14, 2020)
Amicus Brief in Support of Cook (Tex. Aug. 31, 2020)
TL Opposition to Expedite (Tex. Aug. 31, 2020)
Cook Reply in Support Expedite (Tex. Aug. 31, 2020)
Opposition to Motion to Expedite (Tex. August 25, 2020)
Motion to Expedite (Tex. August 20, 2020)
Petition for Review (Tex. August 20, 2020)
Court of Appeals (January - July 2020)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App July 24, 2020) (Dissent)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App July 24, 2020) (Judgment)
Oral Argument (February 4, 2020)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App Feb. 4, 2020) (oral argument on docket)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App Jan. 22, 2020) (Cook brief)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App Jan. 17, 2020) (AG amicus)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App Jan. 6, 2020) (Order expedite briefing)
Cook Children’s Unable to Speak Further (Jan. 4, 2020)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Childrens (Tex App Jan. 3, 2020) (Order to not use TADA pending appeal)
Governor & Attorney General Amicus Brief for Stay (Jan. 3, 2020)
Notice of Appeal (Jan. 2, 2020)
Tarrant County District Court (November 2019 - January 2020)
Cook Children’s Response to Judge’s Decision Regarding Patient Tinslee Lewis (Jan. 2, 2020)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Tarrant County, Tex Jan. 2, 2020) (order denying injunction)
Cook Children's Supplemental Brief (Dec. 20, 2019)
Plaintiff Post-Hearing Bench Brief (Dec. 20, 2019)
Texas Hospital Association (Letter brief Dec. 20, 2019)
Amicus Letter (Dec. 19, 2019)
Cook Children’s Statement Regarding Patient Tinslee Lewis (Dec. 12, 2019)
First Amended Petition (Dec. 11, 2019)
Cook Children's Response (Dec. 11, 2019)
Cook Children's Answer (Dec. 11, 2019)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Tarrant County, Tex Dec. 11, 2019) (amicus brief for hospital)
Cook Children’s Statement on Patient Tinslee Lewis (Dec. 4, 2019)
Cook Children's Medical Fact Sheet Regarding Tinslee Lewis (Dec. 4, 2019)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Tarrant County, Tex Nov. 15, 2019) (AG amicus)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Tarrant County, Tex Nov. 15, 2019) (motion to recuse)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Tarrant County, Tex Nov. 15, 2019) (motion to recuse)
Cook Children’s Statement Regarding Patient Tinslee Lewis (Nov. 15, 2019)
Tinslee Lewis v. Cook Children (Fort Worth, Tex Nov. 2019) (hospital statement)
Cook Children’s Statement Regarding Patient Tinslee Lewis (Nov. 10, 2019)
TRO (Nov. 10, 2019)
Other Proceedings
Legislators Letter Calling for Special Session (Dec. 18. 2019)
Key Resources
Texas Advance Directives Act (esp. 166.046)
Thaddeus Pope, "Procedural Due Process and Intramural Hospital Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: The Texas Advance Directives Act," 10 ST. LOUIS U. J. HEALTH L. & POLY 93 (2016)
Establishing and Dismantling Death Panels: Success Factors for the Texas Advance Directives Act? in INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON END OF LIFE REFORM: POLITICS, PERSUASION, AND PERSISTENCE (Cambridge University Press forthcoming 2021) (Ben White and Lindy Wilmott eds).

The Texas Advance Directives Act: Must a Death Panel Be a Star Chamber? 15 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS 42-44 (2015).