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Health Care & Hospital Law

Dec. 2, 2011

Court sides in favor of nonprofit in bone marrow donor case

A nonprofit that filed a constitutional challenge to the National Organ Transplant Act won a victory from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when the court said MoreMarrowDonors.org could offer compensation to bone marrow donors.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A nonprofit organization that filed a constitutional challenge to the National Organ Transplant Act won a victory from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday when the court said MoreMarrowDonors.org could offer compensation to bone marrow donors.


However, the appellate court did not vacate U.S. District Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank's dismissal of the case on constitutional grounds. Ins...

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