No. 19-840
California, et al. v. Texas, et al.
Tags: affordable-care-act article-iii-standing congress-power constitutional-challenge due-process minimum-coverage-provision severability standing tax-power taxation
Latest Conference:
2020-02-28
(distributed 2 times)
Related Cases:
19-1019
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the individual and state plaintiffs in this case have established Article III standing to challenge the minimum coverage provision in Section 5000A(a).
2. Whether reducing the amount specified in Section 5000A(c) to zero rendered the minimum coverage provision unconstitutional.
3. If so, whether the minimum coverage provision is severable from the rest of the ACA.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the individual and state plaintiffs in this case have established Article III standing to challenge the minimum coverage provision in Section 5000A(a)
Docket Entries
2021-07-19
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-09-02
CIRCULATED
2020-08-31
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
2020-08-31
The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
2020-07-02
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed (in 19-840).
2020-05-13
Brief amicus curiae of Washington and Lee University School of Law Black Lung Clinic filed (in 19-840).
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of Professors Michael C. Dorf and Martin S. Lederman filed.
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Economic Scholars filed.
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of American Cancer Society et al. filed.
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of 44 Counties, Cities, and Towns and California State Association of Counties filed. (in 19-840)
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed. (in 19-840)
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of States of Maryland, et al. filed (in 19-840).
2020-05-13
Brief amicus curiae of The Catholic Health Association of the United States filed.
2020-05-13
Brief amici curiae of 36 State Hospital Associations filed (in 19-840).
2020-05-13
Brief amicus curiae of American Thoracic Society filed.(in 19-840)
2020-05-06
Brief of respondent U.S. House of Representatives in support of California, et al. filed (in 19-840).
2020-05-06
Brief of petitioners California, et al. filed.(in 19-840)
2020-04-30
Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (in 19-840)
2020-03-02
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by 33 State Hospital Associations GRANTED.
2020-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2020-02-19
Letter of February 19, 2020 from counsel for petitioner filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-18
Letter of February 18, 2020 from counsel for respondent U.S. House of Representatives in support of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-12
Reply of petitioners California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-31
Waiver of right of respondent U.S. House of Representatives to respond filed.
2020-01-31
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed.
2020-01-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response to the petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2020-01-22
Response to motion from respondent U.S. House of Representatives filed.
2020-01-22
Response to motion from petitioners California, et al. filed.
2020-01-21
Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED.
2020-01-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2020 to March 17, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-15
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by 33 State Hospital Associations.
2020-01-13
Reply in support of motion filed.
2020-01-10
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, U.S. House of Representatives.
2020-01-10
Response to motion from Federal respondents filed.
2020-01-10
Response to motion from State respondents filed.
2020-01-10
Response to motion from respondent Neill Hurley and John Nantz submitted.
2020-01-06
Response to motion requested. (Due January 10, 2020, by 4 p.m.)
2020-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2020)
2020-01-03
Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioners.
Attorneys
33 State Hospital Associations
William Barnett Schultz — Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Amicus
44 Counties, Cities, and Towns and California State Association of Counties
47 Members of the United States Senate
Barrett James Anderson — Cooley LLP, Amicus
AARP, et al.
Maame Gyamfi — AARP Foundation Litigation, Amicus
Alliance of Community Health Plans and Association for Community Affiliated Plans
Allen Xavier Baker — Crowell & Moring LLP, Amicus
America's Health Insurance Plans
American Association of People with Disabilities, et. al.
Mark P. Johnson — Dentons US LLP, Amicus
American Cancer Society et al.
John Louis Longstreth — K&L Gates LLP, Amicus
American Center for Law and Justice
American Medical Association, et al.
American Thoracic Society
Association for Accessible Medicines
William McGinley Jay — Goodwin Procter, LLP, Amicus
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Andrew L. Schlafly — Amicus
Bipartisan Economic Scholars
Matthew S. Hellman — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
K. Lee Blalack II — O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Amicus
California, et al.
Samuel Passchier Siegel — California Department of Justice, Petitioner
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
David Boyle
David Christopher Boyle — Amicus
Families USA et al.
Allon Kedem — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus
First Focus on Children and The Children's Partnership
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen Eidsmoe — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
David Meir Zionts — Covington & Burlington LLP, Amicus
Health Care Policy Scholars
Jeremy C. Doerre
Jeremy Cooper Doerre — Tillman Wright, PLLC, Amicus
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. et al.
Kirsten V. Mayer — Ropes and Gray LLP, Amicus
Landmark Legal Foundation
National Health Law Program, et al.
Jane Perkins — National Health Law Program, Amicus
National Hospital Associations
Sean Marotta — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Amicus
National Women's Law Center, National Partnership for Women & Families, Black Women's Health Imperative, American Medical Women's Association, and 77 Additional Organizations
Jaime Ann Santos — Goodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
Neill Hurley and John Nantz
Robert Earl Henneke — Texas Public Policy Foundation, Respondent
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Virginia Anne Seitz — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
Professors Jonathan H. Adler, Nicholas Bagley, Abbe R. Gluck, and Ilya Somin
Professors Michael C. Dorf and Martin S. Lederman
Rakesh Nageswar Kilaru — Wilkinson Walsh LLP, Amicus
Public Citizen, Inc.
Public Health Experts, The American Public Health Association, and The American Academy Of Nursing
Michael B. Kimberly — MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, Amicus
Samuel L. Bray, Michael W. McConnell, and Kevin C. Walsh
Raffi Melkonian — Wright, Close & Barger LLP, Amicus
Service Employees International Union, et al.
Small Business Majority Foundation
Hyland Hunt — Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Amicus
State of Texas, et al.
Judd Edward Stone II — Texas Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Michael James Mongan — State of CA, Department of Justice, Respondent
States of Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Steven Marshall Sullivan — Amicus
States of Ohio and Montana
The Catholic Health Association of the United States
The Cato Institute
Ilya Shapiro — Cato Institute, Amicus
The National Association of Community Health Centers
Tribes and Tribal Organizations
U.S. House of Representatives in support of petitioners
Douglas Neal Letter — Respondent
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. — Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Respondent
United States, et al.
Edwin Smiley Kneedler — D.O.J., Respondent
Walter Dellinger, Douglas Laycock, Christopher Schroeder
Caitlin Joan Halligan — Selendy & Gay PLLC, Amicus
Washington and Lee University School of Law Black Lung Clinic