No. 19-1040
March for Life Education and Defense Fund v. California, et al.
Tags: abortion administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-rights contraception contraceptive-mandate due-process federal-regulations healthcare healthcare-coverage moral-objection moral-objections religious-exemption standing
Latest Conference:
2020-07-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether states have Article III standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions based on a hypothetical increase in their discretionary, voluntary healthcare spending.
2. Whether the federal government lawfully exempted religious and moral objectors from the federal regulatory requirement to provide health plans that include abortifacient and contraceptive coverage.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether states have Article III standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions
Docket Entries
2020-08-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-07-09
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, 591 U. S. ___ (2020).
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
2020-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020.
2020-04-07
Reply of petitioners March for Life Education and Defense Fund filed.
2020-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence to respond filed.
2020-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2020)
2020-01-08
Application (19A759) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 19, 2020.
2020-01-06
Application (19A759) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 20, 2020 to February 19, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence
Mark Leonard Rienzi — The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Respondent
March for Life Education and Defense Fund
John J. Bursch — Alliance Defending Freedom, Petitioner
State of California
Aimee Athena Feinberg — California Department of Justice, Respondent
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent