US DOJ petition to appeal Oregon Death with Dignity Act [US SC]

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US DOJ petition to appeal Oregon Death with Dignity Act [US SC]

November 9, 2004 11:11:00 pm

Ashcroft v. State of Oregon, Petition for a Writ of Certiorai, Supreme Court of the United States, November 9, 2004 [asking the Court to overturn a ruling of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, which allows doctors to help terminally ill patients die more quickly]. Read the full text of the petition here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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