Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an association can demonstrate Article III standing to enjoin a government action
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Danco’s drug Mifeprex for termination of early pregnancy based on the agency’s expert judgment that clinical data showed the drug to be safe and effective. The agency later modified certain conditions of use for mifepristone in 2016 and 2021, again relying on clinical data and the agency’s expert judgment that the drug would remain safe and effective under the modified conditions of use. In 2022, associations of doctors who have never prescribed Mifeprex sued FDA, arguing that FDA’s actions modifying the drug’s conditions of use in 2016 and 2021 violated the Administrative Procedure Act. The questions presented are: 1. Whether an association can demonstrate Article III standing to enjoin a government action by arguing that some unspecified member may be injured at some future time by the challenged action; and 2. Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in upholding the preliminary injunction of FDA’s 2016 and 2021 actions based on the court’s review of an incomplete administrative record. (i)
Docket Entries
2024-08-22
Record returned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
2024-02-13
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-02-13
Public electronic record on appeal received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (one DVD) and available with the Clerk.
2024-02-09
Sealed record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
2024-01-31
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2023-12-13
Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 23-235 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
2023-11-21
Reply of petitioner Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. filed. (Distributed)
2023-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-15
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2023-10-07
Application (23A301) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits granted by Justice Alito. The consolidated brief in opposition may not exceed 13,500 words.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2023.
2023-09-29
Application (23A301) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
Attorneys
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al.
Danco Laboratories, L.L.C.
Doctors for America and the Reproductive Health Coalition
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Local Governments and Local Government Leaders
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, American College of Nurse-Midwives, American Academy of Physician Associates, and Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology
National Hispanic Leadership Conference; Frederick Douglas Foundation
New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin,
Over 600 State Legislators
Patient and Provider Advocacy Organizations
Pharmaceutical Companies, Executives, and Investors
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, et al.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, The National Catholic Bioethics Center, Catholic Bar Association, Coalition for Jewish Values, Catholic Benefits Association, Christ
The City of New York and NYC Health + Hospitals, The County of Santa Clara, and Four Other Local Jurisdictions