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MYERS v. SCHNEIDERMAN

151162/15, 310

140 A.D.3d 51 (2016)

31 N.Y.S.3d 45

2016 NY Slip Op 03457

SARA MYERS et al., Appellants, v. ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of New York, Respondent, et al., Defendants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 3, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric T Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Anisha S. Dasgupta , Holly A. Thomas and Steven C. Wu of counsel), for respondent.

Edward T. Mechmann , New York City, and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York City ( Neil M. Merkl of counsel), for New York Catholic Conference, amicus curiae.

Michael Gilberg , Granite Springs, and Stephen F. Gold , of the Pennsylvania bar, admitted pro hac vice, for Not Dead Yet and others, amici curiae.

RENWICK, MANZANET-DANIELS and KAPNICK, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Nearly 20 years ago, the United States Supreme Court held that New York's prohibition against assisting one who attempts suicide does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when enforced against a physician who assists in hastening the death, through the prescription of lethal...

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