Past Cases – Page 2 – Compassion & Choices

Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, et al. v. Hoser, et al.

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Compassion & Choices successfully intervened in a challenge to Vermont’s medical aid-in-dying law and continues to protect similar laws around the nation. In 2013, Vermont passed the Patient Choice at…

Gideonse v. Brown, et al.

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At a Glance: In Gideonse v. Brown, et al., Compassion & Choices filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on behalf of physician Dr. Nick Gideonse,…

Almerico et al. v. Denney et al.

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At a Glance: Compassion & Choices secured a landmark victory with the January 2022 settlement of Almerico v. Idaho, a federal lawsuit challenging an Idaho law that voided the living wills,…

Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

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The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) served administrative subpoenas upon the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) in 2012, requesting specific protected health information regarding the prescription of schedule…

Gonzales v. Oregon

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The State of Oregon, a physician, a pharmacist, and terminally ill patients argued against the Interpretive Rule. Compassion & Choices’ predecessor, Compassion in Dying, joined as Intervenors. Lee v. Oregon would…

Washington v. Glucksberg & Vacco v. Quill

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Compassion in Dying (the predecessor of Compassion & Choices) sponsored these cases that sought to recognize and protect under the U.S. Constitution the right of terminally ill, mentally competent adults…

Lee v. Oregon

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After the passing of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in 1994, Lee v. Oregon was the first challenge to medical aid in dying, not only in Oregon, but in the United…

Fonseca v. Smith

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At a Glance: Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in a California lawsuit, Fonseca v. Smith, defending California’s legal definition of brain death—the irreversible cessation of all functions of…

Ruan v. United States

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At a Glance: Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in the consolidated U.S. Supreme Court cases Ruan v. United States and Kahn v. United States on December 21, 2021. The case concerned whether doctors…

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