GOVATOS et al v. MURPHY et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cv-12601

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Constitutional - State Statute

Judge:

Renee Marie Bumb

Firms

  1. September 24, 2024

    Medical Aid-In-Dying Movement Faces Setback In NJ Fight

    Advocates for state laws that allow physicians to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients hit a roadblock when a New Jersey federal judge concluded the state can limit it to state residents. Previous challenges in two other states prompted changes to aid-in-dying statues.

  2. February 01, 2024

    NJ Says Constitution Doesn't Protect Medical Aid In Dying

    New Jersey's attorney general has asked a Garden State federal court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a residency requirement in the state's 2019 law allowing terminally ill patients to request life-ending medications violates the U.S. Constitution.