No. 14-114
Title:
David King, et al., Petitioners
v.
Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Docketed:August 4, 2014
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(14-1158)
  Decision Date:July 22, 2014
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 31 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 3, 2014)
Sep 2 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 3, 2014.
Sep 3 2014 Brief amici curiae of Senators John Cornyn, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2014 Brief amici curiae of Missouri Liberty Project, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2014 Brief amici curiae of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2014 Brief amici curiae of The States of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
Sep 3 2014 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Research Institute, et al. filed.
Oct 3 2014 Brief of respondents Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 14 2014 Reply of petitioners David King, Douglas Hurst, Brenda Levy, and Rose Luck filed. (Distributed)
Oct 15 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014.
Nov 3 2014 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014.
Nov 7 2014 Petition GRANTED.
Nov 18 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Dec 19 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents Sylvia Burwell, et al.
Dec 22 2014 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Dec 22 2014 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Dec 22 2014 Brief of petitioners David King, Douglas Hurst, Brenda Levy, and Rose Luck filed.
Dec 22 2014 Record requested from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.
Dec 23 2014 Brief amici curiae of Texas Black Americans for Life, et al., filed.
Dec 24 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
Dec 26 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Joseph R. Evanns filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Consumers' Research filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Galen Institute and State Legislators filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Indiana and 39 Indiana Public School Corporations filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Virginia State Delegates Mark Berg, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Administrative & Constitutional Law Professors filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Pacific Research Institute, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Senators John Cornyn, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Rights Union, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Prof. Josh Blackman filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation and Steven J. Willis filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy Rabkin filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Missouri Liberty Project, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amici curiae of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al. filed.
Dec 29 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Jan 6 2015 Record for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia available on Pacer and received electronically.
Jan 6 2015 Record received from U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
Jan 7 2015 CIRCULATED.
Jan 21 2015 Brief of respondents Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2015 Brief amici curiae of Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2015 Brief amici curiae of American Cancer Society, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of HCA Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Catholic Health Association of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. and Peers filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Families USA filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Marilyn Ralat-Albernas, R.N., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., et al. (Corrected brief filed and distributed) filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Health Care Policy History Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of America's Health Insurance Plans filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress and State Legislatures filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Economic Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Trinity Health filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of National Education Association filed.
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of National Association of Community Health Centers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Public Health Deans, Chairs, and Faculty, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Maurice Baggiano, Esq. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of William N. Eskridge, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of American Thoracic Society filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2015 Brief amici curiae of Professors Thomas W. Merrill, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 18 2015 Reply of petitioners David King, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 4 2015 Argued. For petitioners: Michael A. Carvin, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Jun 25 2015 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
Jul 27 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Michael A. Carvin Jones Day(202) 879-3939
    Counsel of Record51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
macarvin@jonesday.com
Party name: David King, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Other:
Cory L. Andrews Washington Legal Foundation(202)-588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
candrews@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation, and Steven Willis
 
Maurice F. Baggiano 130 Arlington Avenue(716) 790-0467
Jamestown, NY  14701
mauri@lawbookeditors.com
Party name: Maurice Baggiano, Esq.
 
J. Campbell Barker Yetter Coleman LLP(713) 632-8000
909 Fannin St., Suite 3600
Houston, TX  77010
cbarker@yettercoleman.com
Party name: Missouri Liberty Project, et al.
 
Michael Bekesha 425 Third Street SW(202) 646-5172
Suite 800
Washington, DC  20024
mbekesha@judicialwatch.org
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc.
 
Boris Bershteyn Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP212-735-3834
4 Times Square
New York, NY  10036
boris.bershteyn@skadden.com
Party name: Former Government Officials
 
David C. Boyle P.O. Box 15143 (734)-904-6132
Long Beach, CA  90815
dbo@boyleslaw.org
Party name: David Boyle
 
Ronald A. Cass Cass & Associates, PC(703) 438-7590
10560 Fox Forest Drive
Great Falls, VA  22066
roncass@cassassociates.net
Party name: Consumers' Research
 
Thomas M. Christina Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.(864) 271-1300
Suite 500
300 North Main Street
Greenville, SC  29601
thomas.christina@ogletreedeakins.com
Party name: Jeremy Rabkin
 
Jonathan M. Cohen Gilbert LLP(202) 772-2259
1100 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC  20005
cohenj@gotofirm.com
Party name: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, et al.
 
Stuart R. Cohen AARP Foundation Litigation(202) 434-2060
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC  20049
scohen@aarp.org
Party name: AARP, et al.
 
H. Guy Collier McDermott Will & Emery LLP(202) 756-8000
500 North Capital Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005
gcollier@mwe.com
Party name: Public Health Deans, Chairs, and Faculty, et al.
 
Charles J. Cooper Cooper & Kirk, PLLC(202) 220-9600
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Party name: Senators John Cornyn, et al.
 
James B. Coppess American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(202) 637-5337
815 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
jcoppess@aflcio.org
Party name: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
 
Walter Dellinger O'Melveny & Myers LLP(202) 383-5319
1625 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
wdellinger@omm.com
Party name: American Academy of Pediatrics, et al.
 
Robert A. Destro Columbus School of Law(202) 905-6064
Catholic Univ. of America
3600 John McCormack Road, N.E.
Washington, DC  20064
robertdestro@outlook.com
Party name: Administrative & Constitutional Law Professors
 
James A. Feldman 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.(202) 730-1267
Suite 440
Washington, DC  20015
wexfeld@gmail.com
Party name: Professors Thomas W. Merrill, et al.
 
David P. Felsher 488 Madison Avenue(212) 308-8505
11th Floor
New York, NY  10022
dflaw@earthlink.net
Party name: Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, et al.
 
Peter J. Ferrara 20594 Woodmere Court(703)-582-8466
Sterling, VA  20165
peterferrara@msn.com
Party name: American Civil Rights Union, et al.
 
Andrew M. Fischer Jason & Fischer(617) 423-7904
47 Winter Street
Boston, MA  02108
afischer@jasonandfischer.com
Party name: Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), et al.
 
Thomas M. Fisher Solicitor General (317) 232-6255
Office of the Attorney General
IGC South, Fifth Floor
302 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN  46204
Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov
Party name: Indiana and 39 Indiana Public School Corporations
 
Mark C. Fleming Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP(617) 526-6909
60 State Street
Boston, MA  02109
mark.fleming@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al.
 
Eric Grant 8801 Folsom Blvd.(916) 388-0833
Suite 172
Sacramento, CA  95826
grant@hicks-thomas.com
Party name: Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon
 
Marc A. Hearron Morrison & Forester LLP(202)-778-1663
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 6000
Washington, DC  20006
MHearron@mofo.com
Party name: National Association of Community Health Centers, et al.
 
Matthew S. Hellman Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
1099 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001
mhellman@jenner.com
Party name: Bipartisan Economic Scholars
 
Benjamin J. Horwich Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP(415) 512-4000
560 Mission Street, 27th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94105
ben.horwich@mto.com
Party name: Health Care Policy History Scholars
 
Richard P. Hutchison Landmark Legal Foundation(816) 931-5559
3100 Broadway
Suite 1210
Kansas City, MO  64111
rpetehutch@aol.com
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation
 
Lawrence J. Joyce Lawrence J. Joyce, LLC(520) 584-0236
1517 N. Wilmot Rd., #215
Tucson, AZ  85712
lawyerlj@aol.com
Party name: Texas Black Americans for Life, et al.,
 
Michael T. Kirkpatrick Georgetown University Law Center202-662-9535
600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Suite 312
Washington, DC  20001
michael.kirkpatrick@law.georgetown.edu
Party name: American Thoracic Society
 
Steven J. Lechner Mountain States Legal Foundation(303) 292-2021
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO  80227
lechner@mountainstateslegal.com
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation
 
Robert A. Long Jr. Covington & Burling LLP(202) 662-6000
OneCity Center, 850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20001
rlong@cov.com
Party name: HCA Inc.
 
Kirsten V. Mayer Ropes & Gray LLP(617)-951-7753
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA  02199-3600
kirsten.mayer@ropesgray.com
Party name: Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., et al.
 
Egon Mittelmann 1140 S. Swall Drive(310) 273-5860
Los Angeles, CA  90035
egonlawyer@aol.com
Party name: Joseph R. Evans
 
Alice M. O'Brien National Education Association(202) 822-7035
1201 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
aobrien@nea.org
Party name: National Education Association
 
Dominic F. Perella Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-6452
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
dominic.perella@hoganlovells.com
Party name: American Hospital Association, et al.
 
Woody N. Peterson Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP(202) 785-9700
1825 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006-5403
Party name: National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3127
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: America's Health Insurance Plans
 
Stuart A. Raphael Solicitor General of Virginia(804) 786-7240
Office of the Attorney General
900 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219
sraphael@oag.state.va.us
Party name: Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.
 
Bert W. Rein Wiley Rein LLP(202) 719-7000
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
brein@wileyrein.com
Party name: Pacific Research Institute, et al.
 
Lawrence S. Robbins Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP(202) 775-4500
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411
Washington, DC  20006
lrobbins@robbinsrussell.com
Party name: William N. Eskridge, et al.
 
Mary P. Rouvelas American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network(202) 661-5707
555 11th Street NW
Washington, DC  20004
mary.rouvelas@cancer.org
Party name: American Cancer Society, et al.
 
D. John Sauer Clark & Sauer LLC(314)-332-2980
7733 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 625
St. Louis, MO  63105
jsauer@clarksauer.com
Party name: Missouri Liberty Project, et al.
 
Judith A. Scott Service Employees International Union(202) 730-7383
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
judy.scott@seiu.org
Party name: Marilyn Ralat-Albernas, R.N., et al.
 
Jay Alan Sekulow American Center for Law & Justice(202) 546-8890
201 Maryland Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC  20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice
 
Pratik A. Shah Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP(202) 887-4000
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
pshah@akingump.com
Party name: Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. and Peers
 
Ilya Shapiro Cato Institute(202) 842-0200
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
ishapiro@cato.org
Party name: Cato Institute, and Prof. Josh Blackman
 
Catherine E. Stetson Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5600
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com
Party name: National Women's Law Center, et al.
 
Herbert W. Titus William J. Olson, PC(703) 356-5070
370 Maple Avenue West
Suite 4
Vienna, VA  22180 - 5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Party name: Virginia State Delegates Mark Berg, et al.
 
J. Mark Waxman Foley & Lardner, LLP(617) 342-4055
111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2500
Boston, MA  02199
mwaxman@foley.com
Party name: Trinity Health
 
Robert N. Weiner Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5855
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
RobertWeiner@aporter.com
Party name: Families USA
 
Adam J. White Boyden Gray & Associates(202) 955-0620
1627 I Street, NW, Suite 950
Washington, DC  20006
adam@boydengrayassociates.com
Party name: Galen Institute And State Legislators
 
Christopher J. Wright Harris Wiltshire & Grannis LLP(202) 730-1300
1200 Eighteenth St., N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, DC  20036
cwright@hwglaw.com
Party name: Catholic Health Association of the United States, et al.
 
Elizabeth B. Wydra Constitutional Accountability Center(202) 296-6889
1200 18th St., N.W., Suite 501
Washington, DC  20036
elizabeth@theusconstitution.org
Party name: Members of Congress and State Legislatures
 
Patrick R. Wyrick Solicitor General(405) 521-3921
Office of the Attorney General
313 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73105
patrick.wyrick@oag.ok.gov
Party name: Oklahoma, et al.