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Legal Citation: 512 U.S. 702 (1997)

Petitioner
State of Washington

Respondent
Harold Glucksberg

Petitioner's Claim
That Washington's ban on assisting or aiding a suicide does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
William L. Williams, Senior Assistant Attorney General of Washington

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Kathryn L. Tucker

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
26 June 1997

Decision
That Washington's ban on assisted suicide does not violate the constitutional rights of...