Decided

No. 14-114

David King, et al. v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

See other cases from the Fourth Circuit.

Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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

Argued. For petitioners: Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioners David King, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Thoracic Society filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of William N. Eskridge, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., et al. (Corrected brief filed and distributed) filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Maurice Baggiano, Esq. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Public Health Deans, Chairs, and Faculty, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Association of Community Health Centers, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of HCA Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Trinity Health filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Economic Scholars filed. (Distributed)

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

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress and State Legislatures filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of America's Health Insurance Plans filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Health Care Policy History Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Marilyn Ralat-Albernas, R.N., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Families USA filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. and Peers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Catholic Health Association of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Thomas W. Merrill, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Cancer Society, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Record for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia available on Pacer and received electronically.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Prof. Josh Blackman filed.

Brief amici curiae of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Missouri Liberty Project, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy Rabkin filed.

Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Steven J. Willis filed.

Brief amici curiae of Senators John Cornyn, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon filed.

Brief amici curiae of Pacific Research Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Administrative & Constitutional Law Professors filed.

Brief amici curiae of Virginia State Delegates Mark Berg, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Indiana and 39 Indiana Public School Corporations filed.

Brief amici curiae of Galen Institute and State Legislators filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Consumers' Research filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Joseph R. Evanns filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Texas Black Americans for Life, et al., filed.

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Brief of petitioners David King, Douglas Hurst, Brenda Levy, and Rose Luck filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents Sylvia Burwell, et al.

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

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014.

Reply of petitioners David King, Douglas Hurst, Brenda Levy, and Rose Luck filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Missouri Liberty Project, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Senators John Cornyn, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The States of Oklahoma, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Pacific Research Institute, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 3, 2014.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2014)

Parties

David King, et al., Petitioner, represented by Michael A. Carvin

Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Amici Curiae

AARP, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stuart R. Cohen

Administrative & Constitutional Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Destro

American Academy of Pediatrics, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Walter Dellinger

American Cancer Society, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary P. Rouvelas

American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

American Civil Rights Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter J. Ferrara

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by James B. Coppess

American Hospital Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Dominic F. Perella

American Thoracic Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael T. Kirkpatrick

America's Health Insurance Plans, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew J. Pincus

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan M. Cohen

Bipartisan Economic Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew S. Hellman

Catholic Health Association of the United States, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Wright

Cato Institute, and Prof. Josh Blackman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro

Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David P. Felsher

Commonwealth of Virginia, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stuart A. Raphael

Consumers' Research, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ronald A. Cass

David Boyle, Amicus Curiae, represented by David C. Boyle

Families USA, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert N. Weiner

Former Government Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Boris Bershteyn

Galen Institute And State Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam J. White

Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark C. Fleming

HCA Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Long Jr.

Health Care Policy History Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin J. Horwich

Indiana and 39 Indiana Public School Corporations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Fisher

Jeremy Rabkin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Christina

Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew M. Fischer

Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric Grant

Joseph R. Evans, Amicus Curiae, represented by Egon Mittelmann

Judicial Watch, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Bekesha

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kirsten V. Mayer

Landmark Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard P. Hutchison

Marilyn Ralat-Albernas, R.N., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Judith A. Scott

Maurice Baggiano, Esq., Amicus Curiae, represented by Maurice F. Baggiano

Members of Congress and State Legislatures, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Wydra

Missouri Liberty Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Campbell Barker

Missouri Liberty Project, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

Mountain States Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven J. Lechner

National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Woody N. Peterson

National Association of Community Health Centers, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc A. Hearron

National Education Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alice M. O'Brien

National Women's Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine E. Stetson

Oklahoma, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick R. Wyrick

Pacific Research Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Bert W. Rein

Professors Thomas W. Merrill, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by James A. Feldman

Public Health Deans, Chairs, and Faculty, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Guy Collier

Senators John Cornyn, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles J. Cooper

Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. and Peers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Pratik A. Shah

Texas Black Americans for Life, et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Joyce

Trinity Health, Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Mark Waxman

Virginia State Delegates Mark Berg, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Herbert W. Titus

Washington Legal Foundation, and Steven Willis, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cory L. Andrews

William N. Eskridge, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Robbins

 
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