No. 23-715
Title:Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al., Petitioners
v.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services
Docketed:January 3, 2024
Linked with 2
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers:(22-5214)
   Decision Date:September 1, 2023
   Rehearing Denied:
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Nov 01 2023Application (23A407) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 30, 2023 to December 29, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Nov 08 2023Application (23A407) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 29, 2023.
Dec 29 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 2, 2024)
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Jan 04 2024Letter from counsel for petitioners pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed.
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Jan 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2024 to March 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 19 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 4, 2024.
Feb 02 2024Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2024 to April 18, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 04 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 18, 2024.
Apr 18 2024Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services in opposition filed.
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May 03 2024Reply of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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May 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
May 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
Jun 10 2024Petition GRANTED.
Jul 05 2024Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 09 2024Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 7, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 19, 2024.
Jul 17 2024Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al.
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Jul 26 2024SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Aug 06 2024Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Aug 07 2024Brief of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed.
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Aug 08 2024Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Aug 08 2024Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Aug 14 2024Brief amicus curiae of Empire Health Foundation filed.
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Aug 14 2024Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Six State and Regional Hospital Associations filed.
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Aug 14 2024Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Aug 19 2024Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Sep 19 2024Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services filed.
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Oct 01 2024CIRCULATED
Oct 21 2024Reply of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 05 2024Argued. For petitioners: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Ephraim McDowell, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Apr 29 2025Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
Jun 02 2025Judgment Issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Hyland Hunt
    Counsel of Record		Deutsch Hunt, PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001

HHUNT@DEUTSCHHUNT.COM		2028686915
Party name: Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al.
Melissa Arbus SherryLatham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

MELISSA.SHERRY@LW.COM		202-637-3386
Party name: Methodist Hospitals–Northlake Campus
Attorneys for Respondent
D. John Sauer
    Counsel of Record		Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV		202-514-2217
Party name: Becerra, Xavier
Other
Morgan Lee Ratner
    Counsel of Record		Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1700 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006-5215

ratnerm@sullcrom.com		202-956-7522
Party name: American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, America's Essential Hospitals, Catholic Health Association, Federation of American Hospitals, National Rural Health Association
Robert L. Roth
    Counsel of Record		Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.
401 9th Street NW
Suite 550
Washington, DC 20004-2141

rroth@hooperlundy.com		2025807700
Party name: Twenty-Six State and Regional Hospital Associations
Alan Jay Sedley
    Counsel of Record		Fenton Jurkowitz Law Group LLP
1990 S Bundy Drive
Suite 777
Los Angeles, CA 90025

asedley@sedleyhealthlaw.com		818-601-0098
Party name: Empire Health Foundation