No. 18-1460
Vide 18-1323
 
Title: Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Petitioner
v.
June Medical Services L.L.C., et al.
Docketed: May 23, 2019
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (17-30397)
   Decision Date: September 26, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: January 18, 2019
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
May 20 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2019)
Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 03 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 24, 2019 to August 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Jun 05 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 23, 2019.
Jun 21 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Senator Josh Hawley filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 24 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 24 2019 Amicus brief of 2,556 Operation Outcry Women Hurt By Abortion and The Justice Foundation not accepted for filing. (June 24, 2019 -- Corrected version to be submitted)
Jun 24 2019 Brief amici curiae of State of Indiana, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 24 2019 Amicus brief of American Center for Law and Justice not accepted for filing. (June 27, 2019)(Corrected version submitted)
Jun 24 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jun 24 2019 Brief amici curiae of 2,556 Operation Outcry Women Hurt By Abortion and The Justice Foundation filed.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Aug 23 2019 Brief of respondents June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Sep 09 2019 Reply of petitioner Rebekah Gee, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Oct 04 2019 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 18-1323 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Oct 04 2019 Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 18-1323. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 18-1323. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
Nov 26 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. VIDED.
Jan 09 2020 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit.
Jan 10 2020 The record from the U.S.C.A. 5th circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Jan 21 2020 CIRCULATED
Mar 04 2020 Argued. For June Medical Services L.L.C., et al.: Julie Rikelman, New York, N. Y. For Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals: Elizabeth Murrill, Solicitor General, Baton Rouge, La.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) VIDED.
Jun 29 2020 Judgment REVERSED. Breyer, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined, in which Thomas, J., joined except as to Parts III–C and IV–F, and in which Kavanaugh, J., joined as to Parts I, II, and III. Gorsuch, J., and Kavanaugh, J., filed dissenting opinions. VIDED.
Jul 31 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 94005
Baton Rouge, LA 70084-9005
murrille@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-326-6766
Party name: Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals


Attorneys for Respondents
Travis J. Tu
Counsel of Record
The Center for Reproductive Rights
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
tjtu@reprorights.org
Ph: 9176373627
Party name: June Medical Services L.L.C., et al.


Other Attorneys
Steven Henry Aden
Counsel of Record
Americans United for Life
1150 Connecticut Ave Ste. 500
Washington, DC 20036
Steven.Aden@aul.org
Ph: 2027414917
Party name: Americans United for Life


Harold J. Cassidy
Counsel of Record
The Cassidy Law Firm
750 Broad Street
Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
hjc@haroldcassidy.com
Ph: 7327473999
Party name: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, Alpha Center, Heartbeat International, Inc., Care Net, Caring to Love Ministries, and Louisiana Alliance For Life


Teresa Stanton Collett
Counsel of Record
University of St. Thomas School of Law Prolife Center
MSL 400
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
tscollett@stthomas.edu
Ph: 6512712958
Party name: Concerned Women for America & Charlotte Lozier Institute


Thomas M. Fisher
Counsel of Record
Office of the Indiana Attorney General
302 West Washington Street
IGC South, Fifth Floor
Indianapolis, IN 46205
tom.fisher@atg.in.gov
Ph: 317-232-6255
Party name: State of Indiana, et al.


Noel John Francisco
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS!USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Richard Shawn Gunnarson
Counsel of Record
Kirton McConkie
Key Bank Tower
36 South State Street, Suite 1900
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
sgunnarson@kmclaw.com
Ph: 801-323-5907
Party name: Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod


Claudia Lesley Hammerman
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
chammerman@paulweiss.com
Ph: 212-373-3000
Party name: Michele Coleman Mayes, Claudia Hammerman, et al.


Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Counsel of Record
Texas Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548
kyle.hawkins@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 5129361700
Party name: State of Texas


Joshua David Hawley
Counsel of Record
N/A
212 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
ellen_james@hawley.senate.gov
Ph: 202-224-6154
Party name: Senator Josh Hawley


Lawrence J. Joseph
Counsel of Record
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 700-1A
Washington, DC 20036
ljoseph@larryjoseph.com
Ph: 2023559452
Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund


Robert Allen Long Jr.
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling, LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
rlong@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-5612
Party name: Former Federal Officials


Allan E. Parker Jr.
Counsel of Record
The Justice Foundation
8023 Vantage Dr.
Suite 1275
San Antonio, TX 78230
aparker@txjf.org
Ph: 2106147157
Party name: 2,556 Operation Outcry Women Hurt By Abortion and The Justice Foundation


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: (202-546-8890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Reed Neal Smith
Counsel of Record
Christian Legal Society
8001 Braddock Rd
Suite 302
Springfield, VA 22151
rsmith@clsnet.org
Ph: 7038941081
Party name: Christian Legal Society et al.


Randall L. Wenger
Counsel of Record
Independence Law Center
23 N. Front Street, First Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
rwenger@indlawcenter.org
Ph: 717-657-4990
Party name: Independence Law Center