Compassion In Dying v. State Of Washington

49 F.3d 586 63 USLW 2569 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. No. 94-35534. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 7, 1994. Decided March 9, 1995. Eugene A. Wright, Circuit Judge, filed dissenting opinion. 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…