Sampson v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the constitutional right to control one's own body does not create a constitutional right to assisted suicide
• deciding facial challenge to constitutionality of manslaughter statute prohibiting assisted suicide brought by terminally ill patients; no doctors had yet been prosecuted for assisting suicide
• finding that \a physician who assists in a suicide undeniably causes harm to others\ even with the patient's consent
• noting that other courts have recognized substantial state interests in preserving life and protecting vulnerable persons
• describing the holdings in several personal autonomy cases and in Ravin

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. Carlson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-03-14· cited 77×
• In Re Hospitalization of Naomi B.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-01-11· cited 69×
• Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-06-30· cited 52×
• State v. American Civil Liberties Union
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-04-03· cited 47×
• Doe v. State, Department of Public Safety
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-06-11· cited 36×
• State v. Planned Parenthood of Alaska
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-11-02· cited 35×
• Baxter v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2009-12-31· cited 28×
• State, Department of Corrections v. Heisey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-03-02· cited 25×
• Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-07-22· cited 20×
• Summer Sagoonick v. State of Alaska
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-01-28· cited 16×
• Huffman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-04-03· cited 14×
• In the Matter of the Necessity of the Hospitalization of Lucy G.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-09-13· cited 14×
• John Doe v. Department of Public Safety
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-06-14· cited 13×
• Richard R. Watkinson v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2023-12-22· cited 6×
• In the Matter of the Protective Proceedings of Tiffany O.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2020-07-24· cited 4×
• Ranney v. Whitewater Engineering
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-10-14· cited 2×
• Sara Myers, Eric A. Seiff v. Eric Schneiderman
  New York Court of Appeals· 2017-09-07
• Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority v. Dietrich Mael, on his own behalf and on behalf of his minor children, D.K., and E.M. Thomas Mael and Rose Mael v. State of Alaska, Dietrich Mael v. Association of Village Council Presidents and State of Alaska
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-04-15

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Washington v. Glucksberg
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-26· cited 2,664×
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-25· cited 946×
• Vacco v. Quill
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-26· cited 314×
• Baker v. City of Fairbanks
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-06-05· cited 211×
• Ravin v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-05-28· cited 199×
• State v. Erickson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-01-20· cited 169×
• Alaska Pacific Assurance Co. v. Brown
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-07-20· cited 105×
• Breese Ex Rel. Breese v. Smith
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-09-11· cited 91×
• State v. Ostrosky
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-07-19· cited 86×
• Native Village of Elim v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-10-15· cited 86×
• Falcon v. Alaska Public Offices Commission
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-10-21· cited 79×
• McCracken v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-01-11· cited 70×
• Valley Hospital Ass'n v. Mat-Su Coalition for Choice
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-11-21· cited 62×
• Kodiak Island Borough v. Exxon Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-11-22· cited 57×
• Calista Corp. v. Mann
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-05-06· cited 31×
• Hickel v. Cowper
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-05-27· cited 18×
• Krischer v. McIver
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-17· cited 18×
• Harrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-08-31· cited 17×
• Donaldson v. Lungren
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-01-29· cited 16×
• Gibson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1997-01-17· cited 13×