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: 23A407
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-5214)
   Decision Date: September 1, 2023
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Nov 01 2023 Application (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 2023 Application (23A407) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 29, 2023.
Dec 29 2023 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 2, 2024)
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Jan 04 2024 Letter from counsel for petitioners pursuant to Rule 12.6 filed.
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Jan 18 2024 Motion 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 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 4, 2024.
Feb 02 2024 Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Mar 01 2024 Motion 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 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 18, 2024.
Apr 18 2024 Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services in opposition filed.
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May 03 2024 Reply of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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May 07 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
May 28 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
Jun 10 2024 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 05 2024 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 09 2024 Motion 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 2024 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al.
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Jul 26 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Aug 06 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Aug 07 2024 Brief of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed.
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Aug 08 2024 Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Aug 08 2024 Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Aug 14 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Empire Health Foundation filed.
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Aug 14 2024 Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Six State and Regional Hospital Associations filed.
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Aug 14 2024 Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Aug 19 2024 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Sep 19 2024 Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services filed.
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Oct 01 2024 CIRCULATED
Oct 21 2024 Reply of petitioners Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 05 2024 Argued. 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 2025 Adjudged 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 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Hyland Hunt
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt, PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave., NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20001

HHUNT@DEUTSCHHUNT.COM
Ph: 2028686915
Party name: Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al.


Melissa Arbus Sherry
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

MELISSA.SHERRY@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-3386
Party name: Methodist Hospitals–Northlake Campus


Attorneys for Respondents
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Becerra, Xavier


Other Attorneys
Morgan Lee Ratner
Counsel of Record
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1700 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006-5215

ratnerm@sullcrom.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 818-601-0098
Party name: Empire Health Foundation