No. 23-236
 
Title: Danco Laboratories, L.L.C., Petitioner
v.
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.
Docketed: September 12, 2023
Linked with: 23A301
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-10362)
   Decision Date: August 16, 2023
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 08 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 29 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Sep 29 2023 Application (23A301) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits, submitted to Justice Alito.
Main Document Proof of Service
Oct 02 2023 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2023.
Oct 07 2023 Application (23A301) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits granted by Justice Alito. The consolidated brief in opposition may not exceed 13,500 words.
Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Over 600 State Legislators filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Food and Drug Law Scholars filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Pharmaceutical Companies, Executives, and Investors filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Patient and Provider Advocacy Organizations filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amicus curiae of GenBioPro, Inc. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Local Governments and Local Government Leaders filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of The City of New York, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of 257 Members of Congress filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Doctors for America and the Reproductive Health Coalition filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. VIDED.
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Oct 12 2023 Brief amici curiae of Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, et al. filed.(10/26/23) VIDED.
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Nov 09 2023 Brief of respondents Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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Nov 15 2023 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Nov 21 2023 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
Nov 21 2023 Reply of petitioner Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 13 2023 Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 23-235 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Dec 13 2023 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. 23-235. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 23-235. 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.”
Jan 29 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. VIDED.
Jan 31 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Feb 09 2024 Sealed record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Feb 13 2024 Public electronic record on appeal received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (one DVD) and available with the Clerk.
Feb 13 2024 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 14 2024 CIRCULATED
Mar 26 2024 Argued. For federal petitioners: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For petitioner Danco Laboratories, L.L.C.: Jessica L. Ellsworth, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Erin M. Hawley, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
Jun 13 2024 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. VIDED.
Jul 15 2024 Judgment Issued.
Main Document
Aug 22 2024 Record returned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jessica Lynn Ellsworth
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 13th Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20004
JESSICA.ELLSWORTH@HOGANLOVELLS.COM
Ph: 202-637-5886
Party name: Danco Laboratories, L.L.C.


Attorneys for Respondents
Erin Morrow Hawley
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 202-393-8690
Party name: Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.


Other Attorneys
Amanda Shafer Berman
Counsel of Record
Crowell & Moring LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
aberman@crowell.com
Ph: 2026242500
Party name: Over 600 State Legislators


Boris Bershteyn
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001-8602
BORIS.BERSHTEYN@SKADDEN.COM
Ph: 212-735-3000
Party name: 257 Members of Congress


Kristine Lee Brown
Counsel of Record
Attorney At Law
8700 E Jefferson Ave #370953
Denver, CO 80237
kristiburtonbrown@gmail.com
Ph: 720-285-9552
Party name: Dr. Calum Miller


Richard Paul Dearing
Counsel of Record
City of New York
100 Church Street
New York, NY 10007
RDEARING@LAW.NYC.GOV
Ph: (212) 356-2500
Party name: The City of New York and NYC Health + Hospitals, The County of Santa Clara, and Four Other Local Jurisdictions


John Patrick Elwood
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
JOHN.ELWOOD@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: (202) 942-5992
Party name: GenBioPro, Inc.


Charles W. Fillmore
The Fillmore Law Firm, LLP
201 Main St. Suite 700
Fort Worth, TX 76102
CHAD@FILLMOREFIRM.COM
Ph: 8173322351
Party name: Ethics and Public Policy Center


Eugene Martin Gelernter
Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Amer.icas
New York, NY 10036
emgelernter@pbwt.com
Ph: (212) 336-2000
Party name: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, et al.


Heather Gebelin Hacker
Counsel of Record
Hacker Stephens LLP
108 Wild Basin Rd
Suite 250
Austin, TX 78746
HEATHER@HACKERSTEPHENS.COM
Ph: 512-399-3022
Party name: Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, The National Catholic Bioethics Center, Catholic Bar Association, Coalition for Jewish Values, Catholic Benefits Association, Christ Medicus Foundation, and Texas Conference of Catholic Bishops.


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: FDA Law Scholars


Jonathan B. Miller
Counsel of Record
Public Rights Project
490 43rd Street, #115
Oakland, CA 94609
JON@PUBLICRIGHTSPROJECT.ORG
Ph: 6468316113
Party name: Local Governments and Local Government Leaders


Christopher John Morten
Counsel of Record
Columbia Law School
Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc.
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
CJM2002@COLUMBIA.EDU
Ph: 2128544291
Party name: Doctors for America and the Reproductive Health Coalition


Shannon Rose Selden
Counsel of Record
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
66 Hudson Boulevard
New York, NY 10001
SRSELDEN@DEBEVOISE.COM
Ph: 212-909-6000
Party name: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al.


Catherine Wynne Short
Counsel of Record
Life Legal Defense Foundation
P.O. Box 2105
Napa, CA 94558
kshort@lldf.org
Ph: (707) 224-6675
Party name: Life Legal Defense Foundation


Mathew D. Staver
Counsel of Record
109 Second St., NE
Washington, DC 20002
COURT@LC.ORG
Ph: (202) 289-1776
Party name: National Hispanic Leadership Conference; Frederick Douglas Foundation


Eva A. Temkin
Counsel of Record
King & Spalding LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
ETEMKIN@KSLAW.COM
Ph: (202) 737-0500
Party name: Pharmaceutical Companies, Executives, and Investors


Barbara Dale Underwood
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia


John Marc Wheat
Counsel of Record
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729
MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom, Inc.


Caroline Lewis Wolverton
Counsel of Record
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
2001 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
cwolverton@akingump.com
Ph: 202-887-4107
Party name: Patient and Provider Advocacy Organizations


Jonathan K. Youngwood
Counsel of Record
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
JYoungwood@STBLAW.com
Ph: 2124552000
Party name: National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, American College of Nurse-Midwives, American Academy of Physician Associates, and Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology


David Meir Zionts
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burlington LLP
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
dzionts@cov.com
Ph: (202) 662-5987
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America