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HHS v. Florida

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Case Details

Status: Awaiting Decision
Docket No: 11-398
NCLC Involvement: None
Solicitor General Involvement: Petitioner
Issue: Benefits & Compensation
Sub-Issue: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Industry: All Industries
Sub-Industry:

Related Information

Press Release: "U.S. Chamber Calls for Swift Supreme Court Review of Health Care Law" (October 25, 2011)

Press Release: "Chamber Takes Health Care Fight to the Court" (April 4, 2011) 

Press Release: "U.S. Chamber on Repeal of the Health Care Law" (January 19, 2011) 

Website: "Health Care Reform Impacts" 

SUPREME COURT CASES RELATED BY THIS ISSUE

Term: 2011 Term
Oral Argument Date: March 26, 2012
Vote:
Lower Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Question(s) Presented
  1. Whether Congress had the power under Article I of the Constitution to enact the minimum coverage provision.
  2. Whether the suit brought by respondents to challenge the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is barred by the Anti-Injunction Act, 26 U.S.C. 7421(a).
Case Outcome

The Supreme Court agreed to review these cases, but the case has not yet been decided on the merits.

Procedural History

Cert. petition filed 9/28/2011. NCLC amicus brief filed 10/25/11.  Cert. granted 11/14/11, in tandem with Florida v. HHS (No. 11-400) and NFIB v. Sebelius (No. 11-393).  Oral argument 3/26/12.

Case Documents
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Eleventh Circuit opinion).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (United States' Cert Petition).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (United States' Reply Brief for Petitioners).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Appendix for the Cert. Petition).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for Private Respondents).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for Respondents).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for State Respondents on Minimum Coverage Provision).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Cert Amicus Brief - AHIP).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Cert Amicus Brief - California Endowment).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (NCLC Amicus Brief).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Cert Amicus Brief - American Hospital Association et al.).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus Brief - Tax Law Professors on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus - CATO on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus - Liberty University on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus - State Chambers of Commerce on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus Brief- Court Appointed Amicus Curiae Supporting Vacatur on the Anit-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for Petitioners on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for Private Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Brief for State Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Reply Brief for Petitioners on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Reply Brief for Private Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Reply Brief for State Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus - Center for the Fair Administration of Taxes on the Anti-Injunction Act).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (Merits Amicus-American Center for Law & Justice).pdf
application/pdf iconcaplin-cohen.pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (March 26 Oral Argument Transcript).pdf
application/pdf iconHHS v. Florida (March 27 Oral Arguments Transcript).pdf