The Spring Case and the Importance of Interdisciplinary Dialogue

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In re Spring, 405 N.E.2d 115 (Mass. 1980).

Eichner v. Dillon, 426 N.Y.S.2d 517 (Sup. Ct., App. Div., 1980).

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