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JOHNSON v. CALVERT

Docket No. S023721.

5 Cal.4th 84 (1993)

851 P.2d 776

19 Cal. Rptr.2d 494

ANNA JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARK CALVERT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard C. Gilbert and Diane J. Marlowe for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Van Deusen, Youmans & Walmsley, Christian R. Van Deusen and Robert R. Walmsley for Defendants and Respondents.

Harold LaFlamme, Michelle Ben-Hur, John L. Dodd and Karen J. Dodd for Minor.

Jon Davidson, Paul L. Hoffman, Carol A. Sobel, Rogers & Wells, Rebecca C. Klipfel and Suzanne M. Madison as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

In this case we address several of the legal questions raised by recent advances in reproductive technology. When, pursuant to a surrogacy agreement, a zygote1 formed of the gametes2 of a husband and wife is implanted in the uterus of another woman, who carries the resulting fetus to term and gives birth to a child...

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