John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Delores Heston and Jane Heston, Defendants-Appellants

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's appointment of a guardian to consent to a blood transfusion for an adult Jehovah's Witness patient, holding that the State's compelling interest in preserving life outweighs the patient's free‑exercise claim and that the case was moot for a declaratory judgment.