No. 24-316
Title:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners
v.
Braidwood Management, Inc., et al.
Docketed:September 19, 2024
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers:(23-10326)
   Decision Date:June 21, 2024
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Sep 19 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2024)
PetitionProof of Service
Oct 21 2024Brief amici curiae of The American Public Health Association, et al. filed.
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Oct 21 2024Brief amici curiae of The American Cancer Society, et al. filed.
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Oct 21 2024Brief amici curiae of 35 Health Care Access Organizations filed.
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Oct 21 2024Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. in support filed.
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Oct 21 2024Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
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Dec 18 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Dec 18 2024Reply of petitioners Xavier Becerra, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 10 2025Petition GRANTED.
Feb 18 2025Brief of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al. filed.
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Feb 18 2025Joint appendix filed.
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Feb 24 2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 21, 2025.
Feb 24 2025Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Feb 25 2025Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of United States of Care, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amicus curiae of Gilead Sciences, Inc. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of Chronic Illness and Disability Partnership, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amicus curiae of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of Patient and Physician Professional Organizations filed.
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Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025Amicus brief of 48 Bipartisan Economic and Social Science Scholars not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 28, 2025)
Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of 48 Bipartisan Economic and Social Science Scholars filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 25 2025Amicus brief of Center for HIV Law and Policy, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 28, 2025)
Feb 25 2025Brief amici curiae of Center for HIV Law and Policy, et al. filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 25 2025Amicus brief of 35 Health Care Access Organizations submitted.
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Mar 03 2025Brief amicus curiae of American College of Gastroenterology in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 07 2025Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Mar 19 2025CIRCULATED
Mar 20 2025Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2025Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 26 2025Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted.
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Mar 27 2025Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
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Mar 27 2025Amicus brief of Manhattan Institute submitted.
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Mar 27 2025Amicus brief of Pacific Legal Foundation submitted.
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Mar 27 2025Amicus brief of Texas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia submitted.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Sarah M. Harris
    Counsel of Record		Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: Xavier Becerra, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Jonathan F. Mitchell
    Counsel of Record		Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701

jonathan@mitchell.law		(512) 686-3940
Party name: Braidwood Management, Inc., et al.
Other
Jose Idio Abrigo Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall Street 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005

jabrigo@lambdalegal.org		2128098585
Party name: 35 Health Care Access Organizations
Jose Idio Abrigo Jr.
    Counsel of Record		Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall Street 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005

jabrigo@lambdalegal.org		212-809-8585
Party name: National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors and Other HIV, LGBTQ, and Healthcare Organizations
Kwaku Affawua Akowuah
    Counsel of Record		Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

kakowuah@sidley.com		202 736 8000
Party name: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Thomas Arthur Berry
    Counsel of Record		Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org		(443) 254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute
Jay Randall Carson
    Counsel of Record		The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org		(614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute
David W. DeBruin
    Counsel of Record		Jenner and Block
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

DDeBruin@jenner.com		202-639-6000
Party name: The Center for HIV Law and Policy and Other Leading Health Policy and Reproductive Justice Organizations
David C. Frederick
    Counsel of Record		Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209

DFREDERICK@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM		202-326-7900
Party name: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Chad Ian Golder
    Counsel of Record		American Hospital Association
Two City Center, Suite 400
800 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

chadgolder@gmail.com		(202) 638-1100
Party name: American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Federation of American Hospitals, America's Essential Hospitals, and Association of American Medical Colleges
Erin Morrow Hawley
    Counsel of Record		Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG		4178343372
Party name: Christian Employers Alliance
Matthew S. Hellman
    Counsel of Record		Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM		202-639-6000
Party name: 48 Bipartisan Economic and Other Social Science Scholars
Richard Henry Hughes IV
    Counsel of Record		Epstein Becker & Green
1227 25th St NW #700
Washington, DC 20037

rhhughes@ebglaw.com		2028614186
Party name: HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute, et al.
Daniel Gordon Jarcho
    Counsel of Record		Alston & Bird LLP
The Atlantic Building
950 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

daniel.jarcho@alston.com		(202) 239-3300
Party name: United States of Care and 47 Other Organizations
R. Trent McCotter
    Counsel of Record		Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

tmccotter@boydengray.com		202-706-5488
Party name: Manhattan Institute
Aaron Lloyd Nielson
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov		512-936-1700
Party name: Texas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia
Jane Elinor Notz
    Counsel of Record		Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
115 South LaSalle Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603

JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV		312-814-5376
Party name: Illinois
Beth W. Petronio
    Counsel of Record		K&L Gates LLP
1717 Main Street, Suite 2800
Dallas, TX 75201

beth.petronio@klgates.com		2149395500
Party name: The American Cancer Society, et al.
Andrew John Pincus
    Counsel of Record		Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM		202-263-3000
Party name: The American Public Health Association, Public Health Deans and Scholars, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Public Health Advocates
Michael Poon
    Counsel of Record		Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814

mpoon@pacificlegal.org		916.419.7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
Timothy Mason Sandefur
    Counsel of Record		Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004

TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG		6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute
Nicolas Anthony Sansone
    Counsel of Record		Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

nsansone@citizen.org		202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen et al.
Andrew L. Schlafly
    Counsel of Record		939 Old Chester Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931

aschlafly@aol.com		908-719-8608
Party name: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Benjamin Gross Shatz
    Counsel of Record		Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP
2049 Century Park East
Suite 1700
Los Angles, CA 90067-3119

bshatz@manatt.com		3103124000
Party name: CHLPI, CIDP, ADA, MRC, CAP, et al.
Andrew Tauber
    Counsel of Record		Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
1155 F St NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20008

andrew.tauber@bclplaw.com		202-508-6111
Party name: American College of Gastroenterology