COMPASSION IN DYING, a Washington nonprofit corporation; Jane Roe; John Doe; James Poe; Harold Glucksberg, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON; Christine Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted December 7, 1994.
Decided March 9, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William L. Williams, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, WA, for defendants-appellants.
Kathryn L. Tucker, David J. Burman, Thomas L. Boeder, Kari Anne Smith, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Wesley J. Smith, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Intern. Anti-Euthanasia Task Force.
Katrin E. Frank, Robert A. Free, Kathleen Wareham, MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Ten Surviving Family Members.
James Bopp, Jr., Thomas J. Marzen, Daniel Avila, John Altomare, Jane E.T. Brockmann, Nat. Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, as amicus curiae.
John R. Reese, Robert A. Lewis, Page R. Barnes, Amy J. Metzler, Holly Morris, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Americans for Death with Dignity.
Mary D. Clement, Junction City, OR, for amicus curiae Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization.
Mark E. Chopko, Michael F. Moses, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae U.S. Catholic Conference.
Paul Benjamin Linton, Clarke D. Forsythe, Americans United for Life, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae, Washington State Legislators.
Barbara Allan Shickich, Joseph E. Shickich, Jr., Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Washington State Hosp. Ass'n and Catholic Health Ass'n of the U.S.
Catherine W. Smith, Edwards, Sieh, Wiggins & Hathaway, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Amici State Legislators.
Todd Maybrown, Allen, Hansen & Maybrown, Seattle, WA, for amici curiae the American Civ. Liberties Union of Washington, the Northwest Women's Law Center, Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Inc., AIDS Action Council, the Northwest AIDS Foundation, the Seattle AIDS Support Group, the Gray Panthers Project Fund, the Older Women's League, the Seattle Chapter of the Nat. Organization for Women, the American Humanist Ass'n, the Nat. Lawyers Guild, Local 6 of Service Employees Intern. Union, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, the Unitarian Universalist Ass'n, the Seattle Chapter and the Pacific Northwest Dist. Council of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Kirk B. Johnson, Michael L. Ile, David Orentlicher, Jack R. Bierig, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Paul E. Kalb, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Medical Ass'n.
Before: WRIGHT, NOONAN, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Opinion by Judge NOONAN; Dissent by Judge WRIGHT.
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
The State of Washington (Washington) appeals the decision of the district court holding unconstitutional Washington's statute on promoting a suicide attempt. Finding no basis for concluding that the statute violates the Constitution, we reverse the district court.
The Statute
The challenged statute reads as follows:
Promoting a suicide attempt(1)...
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