Legal Opinion
Myers v. Schneiderman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 3, 2016No. 151162/15 310PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mazzarelli, J.
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 medication, of a mentally competent, terminally ill patient who is suffering great pain and desires to die (Vacco v Quill, 521 US 793 [1997]). The Supreme Court also held, in an opinion published the same day as Vacco, that Washington State’s own ban on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of HealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Obergefell v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Majewski v. Broadalbin-Perth Central School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
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