ALCOR LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION, INC. v. MITCHELL

Docket No. B055379.

7 Cal.App.4th 1287 (1992)

9 Cal. Rptr.2d 572

ALCOR LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. DAVID W. MITCHELL as Chief, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

June 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland, Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sanders and Y. Tammy Chung, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Garfield, Tepper, Ashworth & Epstein and David B. Epstein, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Constance M. Ettinger and H. Jackson Zinn as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

GATES, Acting P.J.

Appealing from the judgment entered in favor of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Inc. (Alcor), and two of its members, the Department of Health Services, its Office of the State Registrar and their respective heads (referred to collectively as DHS unless otherwise indicated), seek a determination from this court "that death certificates and disposition permits cannot be issued for bodies of persons who have...

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