Lynn J
J Am Geriatr Soc. 1984 Dec;32(12):915-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1984.tb00893.x.
In February 1984, the following "friend of the court" (amicus curiae) brief was submitted to the New Jersey Supreme Court by the American Geriatrics Society to assist in the Court's deliberation in the case known as In re Claire C. Conroy. The Board of Directors of the AGS had decided to undertake this endeaver because the reasoning adopted by the Appellate Division in this case would, if affirmed by the Supreme Court, greatly diminish the capacity of physicians to serve their patients, especially their older patients. The brief was prepared by AGS member Joanne Lynn, MD, and was critiqued, revised, and finally approved by all of the members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. A New Jersey attorney, Mr. Charles Deubel, III, filed the brief and the necessary associated papers on behalf of the AGS and without charge. Expenditures by the AGS in this endeavor totalled less than $300. The Editors of the Journal and the Board of Directors of the AGS would welcome comments from the membership and other concerned persons concerning the content of the brief and the process of developing and submitting it.
1984年2月，美国老年医学会向新泽西州最高法院提交了以下“法院之友”（法庭之友）案情摘要，以协助法院对“关于克莱尔·C·康罗伊案”进行审议。美国老年医学会董事会决定开展此项工作，因为如果最高法院维持上诉庭在此案中采用的推理，将会极大削弱医生为患者尤其是老年患者服务的能力。该案情摘要由美国老年医学会成员乔安妮·林恩医学博士撰写，并经董事会执行委员会所有成员审阅、修订，最终获得批准。新泽西州的一名律师查尔斯·杜贝尔三世先生代表美国老年医学会免费提交了该案情摘要及所有必要的相关文件。美国老年医学会在这项工作上的支出总计不到300美元。《杂志》编辑和美国老年医学会董事会欢迎会员及其他相关人士就案情摘要的内容以及撰写和提交该摘要的过程发表意见。
