Compassion In Dying v. State Of Washington

79 F.3d 790 64 USLW 2553 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1507 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 2639 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 Dec. 7, 1994. Filed March 9, 1995. Order Granting Rehearing En Banc Aug. 1, 1995. Argued and Submitted Oct. 26, 1995. Decided March 6, 1996. As Amended May 28, 1996. Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, and William L. Williams, Senior Assistant Attorney General (argued), Olympia, Washington, for defendants-appellants. Kathryn L. Tucker (argued), David J. Burman, Thomas L. Boeder, Kari Anne Smith, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees. Wesley J. Smith, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Intern. Anti-Euthanasia Task Force. Katrin E. Frank, Robert A. Free, Kathleen Wareham, MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, Washington, for amicus curiae Ten Surviving Family Members. James Bopp, Jr., Thomas J. Marzen, Daniel Avila, John Altomare, Jane E.T. Brockman,…