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Vacco Vs. Quill
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- Jan 08, 1997
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U.S. 793 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Et Al. V. QuillSearch
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a general rule that States must treat like cases alike but may treat unlike cases accordingly. E. g., Plyler v. DoeSearch
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outlawing assisted suicide neither infringe fundamental rights nor involve suspect classifications, e. g., Washington v. GlucksbergSearch
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ante, at 719-728, and are therefore entitled to a strong presumption of validity, Heller v. DoeSearch
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that apply evenhandedly to all unquestionably comply with equal protection. E. g., New York City Transit Authority v. BeazerSearch
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It comports with fundamental legal principles of causation, see, e. g., People v. KevorkianSearch
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Mich. 436, 470-472, 527 N. W. 2d 714, 728, cert. denied, 514 U. S. 1083, and intent, see, e. g., United States v. BaileySearch
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has been recognized, at least implicitly, by this Court in Cruzan v. DirectorSearch
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See generally Washington v. GlucksbergSearch
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Quill v. KoppellSearch
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as physician-assisted suicide, New York's assisted-suicide ban violates the Equal Protection Clause. Quill v. KoppellSearch
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This provision creates no substantive rights. San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. RodriguezSearch
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it embodies a general rule that States must treat like cases alike but may treat unlike cases accordingly. Plyler v. DoeSearch
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things which are different in fact or opinion to be treated in law as though they were the same''') (quoting Tigner v. TexasSearch
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to all New Yorkers alike. They neither infringe fundamental rights nor involve suspect classifications. Washington v. GlucksbergSearch
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with the Equal Protection Clause. New York City Transit Authority v. BeazerSearch
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see Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySearch
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if a patient ingests lethal medication prescribed by a physician, he is killed by that medication. See, e. g., People v. KevorkianSearch
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Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. SaikewiczSearch
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actors' intent or purpose to distinguish between two acts that may have the same result. See, e. g., United States v. BaileySearch
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Morissette v. UnitedSearch
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Dying v. WashingtonSearch
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New York courts, have carefully distinguished refusing life-sustaining treatment from suicide. See, e. g., Fosmire v. NicoleauSearch
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In re Quinlan, 70 N. J. 10, 43,52, and n. 9, 355 A. 2d 647,665,670, and n. 9, cert. denied sub nom. Garger v. NewSearch
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court recognize a right to refuse treatment, and nowhere equate the exercise of this right with suicide. Schloendorff v. SocietySearch
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was simply an informed-consent case. See also Rivers v. KatzSearch
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line between assisting suicide and with- 8 Many courts have recognized this distinction. See, e. g., Kevorkian v. ThompsonSearch
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Singletary v. CostelloSearch
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Laurie v. SenecalSearch
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Schuetzle v. VogelSearch
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Thor v. SuperiorSearch
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DeGrella v. ElstonSearch
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People v. AdamsSearch
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Guardianship of Jane Doe, 411 Mass. 512, 522-523, 583 N. E. 2d 1263, 1270, cert. denied sub nom. Doe v. GrossSearch
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Donaldson v. VanSearch
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McKay v. BergstedtSearch
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McConnell v. BeverlySearch
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State v. McAfeeSearch
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Rasmussen v. FlemingSearch
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Bouvia v. SuperiorSearch
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Von Holden v. ChapmanSearch
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Bartling v. SuperiorSearch
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Foody v. ManchesterSearch
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Leach v. AkronSearch
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Satz v. PerlmutterSearch
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Brophy v. NewSearch
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E. 2d 626, 638 (1986). The British House of Lords has also recognized the distinction. Airedale N. H. S. Trust v. BlandSearch
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