Judicial Documents
Supreme Court Completes Three Days of Oral Arguments over Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court last week wrapped up three days of oral arguments examining the key question of whether central parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are constitutional. Now comes the waiting game for the Court to make a final decision, expected in June before the end of the Court’s term.… More
Supreme Court Releases Audio Recordings of Oral Arguments of Constitutionality of ACA
The U.S. Supreme Court has released audio recordings and written transcripts of the three days of oral arguments on the… More
Briefs in Relation to U.S. Supreme Court Consideration of Constitutionality of PPACA
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, setting the stage for one… More
State Attorneys General and Legislators Argue in Support of ACA Individual Mandate
In an interesting twist on the arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, a group of 11 state attorneys… More
Briefing Schedule to Supreme Court on Challenges to ACA
With the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled to hear arguments March 26-28 on the challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… More
Covington & Burling Brief as Court-Appointed Amicus Curiae Supporting Vacatur (Anti-Injunction Act)
Covington & Burling has submitted a brief in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s order appointing counsel to brief and argue the… More
NFIB Brief for Private Petitioners on Question of Severability of Individual Mandate from ACA
Click on the link below to access the National Federation of Independent Business’ brief for private petitioners in National… More
Brief for State Petitioners on Question of Severability of Individual Mandate from ACA
Click on the link below to access the brief on behalf of 26 state plaintiffs in National Federation of Independent Business, et al v.… More
Federal Government’s Brief on Constitutionality of Individual Mandate under ACA
Click on the link below to access the federal government’s brief in Department of Health and Human Services, et al. v. State of… More
Supreme Court Sets March Dates to Hear PPACA Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled the dates of March 26-28 to hear arguments on the challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable… More
District Court Allows Fiduciary Breach Claim Concerning Erroneous Pension Estimate to Continue
A U.S. district court has ruled that a former executive for a subsidiary company can continue with claims alleging a company that offered an… More
DC Circuit Court Affirms Constitutionality of ACA
In its fifteen minutes of fame before the U.S. Supreme Court steps into the picture, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia… More
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Citigroup Stock Drop Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on October 19 decided the Citigroup stock drop case, affirming the dismissal of the claims… More
4th Circuit Dismisses ACA Suit
Yesterday, the 4th Circuit delivered yet another variant of a decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), albeit in a somewhat oblique… More
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Finds PPACA Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on August 12 in a 2-1 decision upheld a district court ruling… More
PBGC Expands Website to Provide Access to Legal Filings and Decisions
he Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation recently expanded its website by adding a Legal Filings and Decisions section to its resources page.… More
Sixth Circuit Appeals Court Finds PPACA Constitutional
On June 29, the first Circuit Court to decide the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and… More
Seventh Circuit Denies Rehearing of Ruling on Alleged Fiduciary Breach Concerning Unitized Fund and Recordkeeping Fees
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 26 announced it would not rehear a divided three-judge panel ruling, which held… More
Supreme Court Turns Down Expedited Review of PPACA Constitutionality
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 25 announced that it would not grant expedited consideration of a Virginia district court case finding the… More
Broward County Wellness Program Found Not to be Discriminatory under ADA
The District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently concluded that a wellness program run by Broward County, Florida was not… More
PPACA Invalidated by Florida District Court
In a decision for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Judge Roger Vinson declared the individual mandate provision… More
Virginia Court Declares Part of PPACA Unconstitutional
Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson from the Eastern District of Virginia on December 13 ruled that enactment of the Minimum Essential… More
ERIC Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling that Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Not Subject to FICA Taxes (United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., et al )
ERIC on September 15 filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit an amicus brief urging the court to affirm an earlier… More
Solicitor General Opposes San Francisco Case Review
The Solicitor General in a brief filed May 28 recommended that the Supreme Court not review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision… More
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Xerox on Deferential Standard of Review
The United States Supreme Court earlier today (April 21) in Conkright v. Frommert reversed a Second Circuit Court of appeals decision and… More
