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Operating on the cutting edge of medical science, the world-renowned "Jones Institute" of Norfolk, Virginia, pioneered human reproduction by in-vitro fertilization.  Part of the process involved freezing fertilized human embryos for subsequent implantation.  When a California couple wanted their frozen embryo given to them for implantation in California, the Jones Institute refused, asserting that it had the exclusive right to custody and control of the embryo until implantation at its clinic.  Jeremiah Denton took the case and, operating on the cutting edge of law and medicine, got the frozen embryo transferred to California.