Active Case – Compassion & Choices

Estate of Sarah Marie Cooper v. J.W. Ruby Hospital et al.

lukej February 17, 2026 No Comments

At a Glance: Compassion Legal is fighting to hold healthcare providers accountable for disregarding explicit end-of-life instructions. Compassion & Choices’ mission is to ensure everyone’s end-of-life decisions are heard and…

Welty v. Dunaway

lukej February 4, 2026 No Comments

At a Glance: In an amicus* brief filed in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 4, 2026, Compassion Legal, along with our pro bono partners at Sherrard Roe…

Curran v. Meyer

Katie Wingo December 20, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On December 19, 2025, three intervenors, including Compassion & Choices Action Network, filed a motion to intervene and oppose a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Delaware’s newly-passed Heather…

Koskenoja v. Whitmer

lukej October 23, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On October 23, 2025, Compassion Legal: The End-of-Life Justice Center at Compassion & Choices, along with If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, Perkins Coie LLP, and Mogill &…

United Spinal v. Colorado

lukej October 8, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On October 7, 2025, four intervenors, including Compassion & Choices Action Network, filed a motion to intervene and oppose a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Colorado’s End of Life Options Act.…

Vernon v. Kobach

lukej May 29, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On May 29, 2025, Compassion Legal: the End-of-Life Justice center at Compassion & Choices, along with If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and Irigonegaray & Revenaugh, filed Vernon v.…

McComas v. Polis

lukej May 23, 2025 No Comments

At a Glance: On May 22, 2025, Compassion Legal filed McComas v. Polis, a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the residency requirement in Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act. The residency…

Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

lukej March 17, 2025 No Comments

Amicus: Submitted March 12, 2025 On March 12, 2025, Compassion & Choices joined twenty-eight other nonprofit organizations in submitting an amicus brief in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a…

Oregon Association of Hospital and Health Systems v. Oregon

lukej January 27, 2025 No Comments

In an amicus brief submitted on January 28, 2025 to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Compassion & Choices (C&C) led a coalition of nonprofits and labor unions in defending…

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