Author: Rudrabhishek Chauhan, School of Law, Galgotias University. Matter of Baby M. (1988): Case Comment Court: The Supreme Court of New Jersey. 109 N.J. 396 (1988) 537 A.2d 1227 Decided on: February 3, 1988 Facts: In 1985 William Stern and Mary Beth Whitehead went into a surrogacy contract expressing that Stern’s better half, Elizabeth, was