U.S. District Court Judge Hogan issues a temporary restraining order against Oregon's Measure 16, following that with an injunction that bars the state from putting the law into effect. 1995 Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center is founded. Washington State's Compassion ruling is overturned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, reinstating the anti-suicide law. 1995 U.S. District Judge Hogan rules that Oregon Measure 16, the Death with Dignity Act, is unconstitutional on grounds it violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution. The ruling is appealed.
Surveys find that doctors disregard most advance directives .
1995 Oral arguments in the appeal of Quill v. Coppell et al contest the legality of New York's anti-suicide law before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Compassion case is reconsidered in Washington state by a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges, the largest panel ever to hear a physician assisted dying case. The ruling affects laws of nine western states and Guam. A Michigan jury acquits Dr. Kevorkian of violating a state law banning assisted suicides. The ruling affects laws in New York, Vermont and Connecticut.