Gonzales v. Oregon | |
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Argued October 5, 2005 Decided January 17, 2006 | |
Full case name | Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, et al., v. Oregon, et al.[a] |
Docket no. | 04-623 |
Citations | 546 U.S. 243 (more) 126 S.Ct. 904; 163 L. Ed. 2d 748; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 767; 74 U.S.L.W. 4068; 06 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 433; 2006 Daily Journal D.A.R. 608; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 49 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Summary judgment granted to plaintiffs in part, permanent injunction entered, sub nom. Oregon v. Ashcroft, 192 F. Supp. 2d 1077 (D. Ore. 2002); on appeal, treated as transferred, petitions for review granted, injunction continued, 368 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2003); cert. granted, sub. nom. Gonzales v. Oregon, 543 U.S. 1145 (2005). |
Holding | |
The Controlled Substances Act does not allow the Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted suicide under state law that permitted the procedure. Ninth Circuit affirmed. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas |
Dissent | Thomas |
Laws applied | |
Ore. Rev. Stat. § 127.800 et seq. (2003) (Oregon Death With Dignity Act) 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. (Controlled Substances Act) 66 Fed. Reg. § 56608 (2001) |
Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court which ruled that the United States Attorney General cannot enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act against physicians who prescribed drugs, in compliance with Oregon state law, to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives, commonly referred to as assisted suicide.[1] It was the first major case heard by the Roberts Court under the new Chief Justice of the United States.[2]
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