No. 19-1040

March for Life Education and Defense Fund v. California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-20
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: abortion administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-rights contraception contraceptive-mandate due-process federal-regulations healthcare healthcare-coverage moral-objection moral-objections religious-exemption standing
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Latest Conference: 2020-07-08 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 19-1038 (Vide) 19-1053 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether states have Article III standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented here, warranting a GVR. But there is also a threshold standing issue that the Court could address either in Little Sisters and Trump or here. The questions presented are: 1. Whether states have Article HII standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions based on a hypothetical increase in their discretionary, voluntary healthcare spending. 2. Whether the federal government lawfully exempted religious and moral objectors from the federal regulatory requirement to provide health plans that include abortifacient and contraceptive coverage.

Docket Entries

2020-08-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-07-09
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home</i> v. <i>Pennsylvania</i>, 591 U. S. ___ (2020).
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
2020-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2020-04-07
Reply of petitioners March for Life Education and Defense Fund filed.
2020-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence to respond filed.
2020-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2020)
2020-01-08
Application (19A759) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 19, 2020.
2020-01-06
Application (19A759) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 20, 2020 to February 19, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence
Mark Leonard RienziThe Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Respondent
Mark Leonard RienziThe Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Respondent
March for Life Education and Defense Fund
John J. BurschAlliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
John J. BurschAlliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
State of California
Aimee Athena FeinbergCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Aimee Athena FeinbergCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent