| No. 25-162 |
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| Title: |
Tennessee, Petitioner v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
| Docketed: | August 11, 2025 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (24-5220) |
| Decision Date: | March 10, 2025 |
| Rehearing Denied: | May 9, 2025 |
| Aug 07 2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2025) Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Sep 05 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2025 to October 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Sep 08 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 10, 2025. |
| Sep 29 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 10, 2025 to November 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Sep 30 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 10, 2025. |
| Nov 10 2025 | Brief of respondents Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Nov 21 2025 | Reply of petitioner Tennessee filed. (Distributed) Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Nov 25 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025. |
| Jan 05 2026 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026. |
| Jan 12 2026 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026. |
| Jan 20 2026 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950). Justice Jackson, concurring: Although I would require that the party seeking vacatur establish equitable entitlement to that remedy, I accede to vacatur here based on the Court’s established practice when the mootness occurs through the unilateral action of the party that prevailed in the lower court. See Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, 601 U. S. 1 (2023) (Jackson, J., concurring in the judgment). |