No. 24-316
 
Title: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners
v.
Braidwood Management, Inc., et al.
Docketed: September 19, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (23-10326)
   Decision Date: June 21, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 19 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2024)
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Oct 21 2024 Brief amici curiae of The American Public Health Association, et al. filed.
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Oct 21 2024 Brief amici curiae of The American Cancer Society, et al. filed.
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Oct 21 2024 Brief amici curiae of 35 Health Care Access Organizations filed.
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Oct 21 2024 Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. in support filed.
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Oct 21 2024 Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
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Dec 18 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
Dec 18 2024 Reply of petitioners Xavier Becerra, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 10 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 18 2025 Brief of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al. filed.
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Feb 18 2025 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
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Feb 24 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 21, 2025.
Feb 24 2025 Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Feb 25 2025 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of United States of Care, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Gilead Sciences, Inc. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Chronic Illness and Disability Partnership, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Patient and Physician Professional Organizations filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.
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Feb 25 2025 Amicus brief of 48 Bipartisan Economic and Social Science Scholars not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 28, 2025)
Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of 48 Bipartisan Economic and Social Science Scholars filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 25 2025 Amicus brief of Center for HIV Law and Policy, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 28, 2025)
Feb 25 2025 Brief amici curiae of Center for HIV Law and Policy, et al. filed. (Corrected)
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Feb 25 2025 Amicus brief of 35 Health Care Access Organizations not accepted for filing. (Counsel of record resubmitted using corrected notice of appearance--National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors, et al.--April 01, 2025.)
Mar 03 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American College of Gastroenterology in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 07 2025 Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
Mar 19 2025 CIRCULATED
Mar 20 2025 Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 21 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 26 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 27 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 11 2025 Reply of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 21 2025 Argued. For petitioners: Hashim M. Mooppan, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jonathan F. Mitchell, Austin, Tex.
Apr 24 2025 The parties are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing the following question: Whether Congress has “by Law” vested the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with the authority to appoint members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. U. S. Const. art. II, §2, cl. 2. The briefs should address this Court’s decisions in United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385 (1868), and United States v. Smith, 124 U. S. 525 (1888). The briefs, not to exceed 15 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2025.
May 02 2025 Motion of New Civil Liberties Alliance for leave to file amicus brief submitted.
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May 05 2025 Supplemental letter brief of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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May 05 2025 Supplemental brief of respondent Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 27 2025 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.
Jul 29 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
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: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701

jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: Braidwood Management, Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
Jose Idio Abrigo Jr.
Counsel of Record
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall Street 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005

jabrigo@lambdalegal.org
Ph: 212-809-8585
Party name: National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors and Other HIV, LGBTQ, and Healthcare Organizations


Kwaku Affawua Akowuah
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

kakowuah@sidley.com
Ph: 202 736 8000
Party name: Gilead Sciences, Inc.


Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: (443) 254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

j.carson@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


David W. DeBruin
Counsel of Record
Jenner and Block
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

DDeBruin@jenner.com
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: The Center for HIV Law and Policy and Other Leading Health Policy and Reproductive Justice Organizations


David C. Frederick
Counsel of Record
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-3209

DFREDERICK@KELLOGGHANSEN.COM
Ph: 202-326-7900
Party name: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.


Chad Ian Golder
Counsel of Record
American Hospital Association
Two City Center, Suite 400
800 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

chadgolder@gmail.com
Ph: (202) 638-1100
Party name: American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Federation of American Hospitals, America's Essential Hospitals, and Association of American Medical Colleges


Erin Morrow Hawley
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 4178343372
Party name: Christian Employers Alliance


Matthew S. Hellman
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: 48 Bipartisan Economic and Other Social Science Scholars


Richard Henry Hughes IV
Counsel of Record
Epstein Becker & Green
1227 25th St NW #700
Washington, DC 20037

rhhughes@ebglaw.com
Ph: 2028614186
Party name: HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute, et al.


Daniel Gordon Jarcho
Counsel of Record
Alston & Bird LLP
The Atlantic Building
950 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

daniel.jarcho@alston.com
Ph: (202) 239-3300
Party name: United States of Care and 47 Other Organizations


Margaret Ann Little
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N Fairfax Dr.
Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203

peggy.little@ncla.legal
Ph: 2028695212
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

tmccotter@boydengray.com
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: Manhattan Institute


Aaron Lloyd Nielson
Counsel of Record
Office of the Texas Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059)
Austin, TX 78711-2548

aaron.nielson@oag.texas.gov
Ph: 512-936-1700
Party name: Texas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia


Jane Elinor Notz
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
115 South LaSalle Street
23rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60603

JANE.NOTZ@ILAG.GOV
Ph: 312-814-5376
Party name: Illinois


Beth W. Petronio
Counsel of Record
K&L Gates LLP
1717 Main Street, Suite 2800
Dallas, TX 75201

beth.petronio@klgates.com
Ph: 2149395500
Party name: The American Cancer Society, et al.


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: The American Public Health Association, Public Health Deans and Scholars, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Public Health Advocates


Michael Poon
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290
Sacramento, CA 95814

mpoon@pacificlegal.org
Ph: 916.419.7111
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


Timothy Mason Sandefur
Counsel of Record
Goldwater Institute
500 E. Coronado Road
Phoenix, AZ 85004

TSANDEFUR@GOLDWATERINSTITUTE.ORG
Ph: 6024625000
Party name: Goldwater Institute


Nicolas Anthony Sansone
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

nsansone@citizen.org
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen et al.


Andrew L. Schlafly
Counsel of Record
939 Old Chester Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931

aschlafly@aol.com
Ph: 908-719-8608
Party name: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons


Benjamin Gross Shatz
Counsel of Record
Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP
2049 Century Park East
Suite 1700
Los Angles, CA 90067-3119

bshatz@manatt.com
Ph: 3103124000
Party name: CHLPI, CIDP, ADA, MRC, CAP, et al.


Andrew Tauber
Counsel of Record
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
1155 F St NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20008

andrew.tauber@bclplaw.com
Ph: 202-508-6111
Party name: American College of Gastroenterology