appropriations

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25A539 Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. First Circuit 2025-11-07 Application Amici (3) administrative-procedure-act appropriations executive-discretion judicial-injunction nutrition-programs separation-of-powers Whether the Executive Branch may be compelled by a federal court to reallocate congressionally appropriated funds across federal nutrition programs du…
21-1487 Brian Bilodeau v. United States First Circuit 2022-05-26 Denied Response Waived appropriations appropriations-rider controlled-substances-act department-of-justice federal-prosecution medical-marijuana standing state-law Whether and under what circumstances the rider prohibits the DOJ from spending federal funds to prosecute criminal defendants for medical marijuana-re…
20-1536 United States v. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated Federal Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-appropriation health-insurance-exchange implied-remedy money-damages premium-tax-credit premium-tax-credits Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money-damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-1432 United States v. Maine Community Health Options, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-liability implied-damages implied-right-of-action premium-tax-credits statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money-damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-138 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-07 Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations appropriations-transfer department-of-defense executive-power judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the Acting Secretary's compliance with Section 8005's proviso in transferrin…
18-1038 Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company, an Illinois Nonprofit Mutual Insurance Corporation v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-02-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) affordable-care-act appropriations appropriations-riders government-contracts government-obligations legislative-history money-mandating-statute retroactive-abrogation retroactive-application risk-corridors Whether a temporary cap on appropriations availability from certain specified funding sources may be construed, based on its legislative history, to a…
18-1028 Moda Health Plan, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-02-06 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) appropriations appropriations-riders bait-and-switch federal-circuit government-contracts government-obligation health-care health-exchanges health-insurance insurance statutory-commitment statutory-interpretation statutory-promise takings Whether Congress can evade its unambiguous statutory promise to pay health insurers for losses already incurred simply by enacting appropriations ride…
18-790 Tin Cup, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied administrative-law agency-action appropriations appropriations-act clean-water-act corps-of-engineers delineation fiscal-year statutory-interpretation wetlands wetlands-delineation Whether Congress' use of the words 'will' and 'until' in a provision of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1993 requires the Corps…