Decided

No. 14-181

Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

See other cases from the Second Circuit.

Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Breyer, J., filed concurring opinions. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Bridget C. Asay, Vermont Solicitor General, Montpelier, Vt.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

CIRCULATED

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic.

Record from the U.S.D.C. District of Vermont is electronic and located on PACER.

Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Benefits Council, et al. filed.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.

Brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association and Vermont Medical Society filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of AARP, Families USA, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group filed.

Brief amici curiae of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange D/B/A Access Health CT filed.

Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association and Association of American Medical Colleges filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of New Hampshire filed.

Brief amici curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Edward A. Zelinsky in support of neither party filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 13, 2015.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2015.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015.

Supplemental brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 18, 2015.

Supplemental brief of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014.

Reply of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in opposition filed.

Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 6, 2014.

Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 15, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2014)

Parties

Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board, Petitioner, represented by Bridget C. Asay

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, represented by Seth P. Waxman

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, represented by Paul R.Q. Wolfson

Amici Curiae

AARP, Families USA, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Ellen Signorille

American Benefits Council, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Nancy G. Ross

American Hospital Association and Association of American Medical Colleges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth Heifetz

American Medical Association and Vermont Medical Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark E. Rust

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., et al. in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Schlafly

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony F. Shelley

Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange D/B/A Access Health CT, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick Michael Fahey

Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Carmel Dori Shachar

National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Payne Nash

National Coordicating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sally M. Tedrow

National Governors Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa E. Soronen

New England Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Pagliaro

New Hampshire, Amicus Curiae, represented by Laura E. B. Lombardi

New York, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara D. Underwood

Professor Edward A. Zelinsky, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edward A. Zelinsky

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by John F. Bash

 
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