Gonzales v. Oregon

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate October 5, 2005
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court
Health law in the United States
2006 in United States case law
Medical ethics cases
Right to die
United States federalism case law
gptkbp:citation 546 U.S. 243
gptkbp:concurringInJudgmentBy gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:date January 17, 2006
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
Chief Justice John Roberts
gptkbp:docketNumber 04-623
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Alberto_R._Gonzales,_Attorney_General,_et_al._v._Oregon,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The Controlled Substances Act does not authorize the Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted suicide under state law permitting the practice.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Oregon_v._Ashcroft,_368_F.3d_1118_(9th_Cir._2004)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gonzales v. Oregon
gptkbp:legalIssue Whether the U.S. Attorney General could prohibit doctors from prescribing drugs for physician-assisted suicide under state law.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Alberto_R._Gonzales
gptkbp:predecessor limits of federal power over state medical practices
gptkbp:referredStatute gptkb:Controlled_Substances_Act
gptkb:Oregon_Death_with_Dignity_Act
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Oregon_Death_with_Dignity_Act
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_Oregon
gptkbp:result Affirmed the Ninth Circuit's decision
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Controlled_Substances_Act
federalism
physician-assisted suicide
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roberts_Court
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6