No. 23-235

Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-12
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (3) Experienced Counsel
Tags: abortion abortion-medication administrative-law agency-action article-iii-standing civil-procedure fda fda-regulations mifepristone preliminary-relief standing
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge FDA's 2016 and 2021 actions.

2. Whether FDA's 2016 and 2021 actions were arbitrary and capricious.

3. Whether the district court properly granted preliminary relief.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge FDA's 2016 and 2021 actions

Docket Entries

2024-08-22
Record returned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
2024-07-15
Judgment Issued.
2024-02-20
Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by American Bar Association DENIED.
2024-02-20
Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by Former Commissioners of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration GRANTED.
2024-02-20
Motion for leave to intervene filed by Missouri, et al. DENIED.
2024-02-20
Motion for leave to intervene filed by Gregory J. Roden as Next Friend of Americans en ventre sa mere DENIED.
2024-02-14
CIRCULATED
2024-02-13
Public electronic record on appeal received from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (one DVD) and available with the Clerk.
2024-02-13
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-02-09
Sealed record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.
2024-02-08
Application (23A712) granted by Justice Alito to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit provided that the brief does not exceed 18,000 words.
2024-02-06
Reply in support of motion of Missouri, et al. to intervene filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-31
Motion of Missouri, et al. for leave to intervene and motion of Gregory J. Roden, as Next Friend of Americans en ventre sa mere for leave to intervene DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-31
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
2024-01-30
Application (23A712) to file respondents' brief on the merits in excess of the word limit, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-01-30
Brief amicus curiae of AANHPI, Black, and Immigrant Women's Organizations filed.
2023-12-13
Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 23-236 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
2023-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-21
Reply of petitioners US Food and Drug Administration, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-11-15
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2023-10-07
Application (23A300) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits granted by Justice Alito. The consolidated brief in opposition may not exceed 13,500 words.
2023-10-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 9, 2023.
2023-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 12, 2023 to November 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-09-29
Application (23A300) to file consolidated brief in opposition in excess of word limits, submitted to Justice Alito.
2023-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)

Attorneys

145 Members of Congress
Steven Henry AdenAmericans United for Life, Amicus
237 Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations
Lindsay C. HarrisonJenner & Block, LLP, Amicus
263 Members of Congress
Boris BershteynSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Amicus
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
John Marc WheatAdvancing American Freedom, Inc., Amicus
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.
Erin Morrow HawleyAlliance Defending Freedom, Respondent
American Bar Association
Mary L. Smith — Amicus
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, et al.
Julia Heather KayeAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Amicus
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al.
Shannon Rose SeldenDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Amicus
American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers
Jessica Ring AmunsonJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Americans En Ventre Sa Mere
Gregory J. Roden — Amicus
Americans United for Life
Clarke David ForsytheAmericans United for Life, Amicus
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC
Niyati ShahAsian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Amicus
Noah Butsch BaronAsian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Amicus
Association of American Medical Colleges
Douglas Harry Hallward-DriemeierRopes & Gray, LLP, Amicus
Business Leaders
Jonathan Radford WhiteheadLaw Offices of Jonathan R. Whitehead, LLC, Amicus
Charlotte Lozier Institute
Gene Clayton SchaerrSchaerr | Jaffe, Amicus
Danco Laboratories, LLC
Jessica Lynn EllsworthHogan Lovells US, LLP, Petitioner
Democrats for Life of America
Rachel Nicole MorrisonEthics & Public Policy Center, Amicus
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, et al.
Maria Michelle UzetaDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Amicus
Doctors for America and The Reproductive Health Coalition
Christopher John MortenColumbia Law School, Amicus
Dr. Allan Sawyer
Michael Steven OveringLaw Offices of Michael S. Overing, APC, Amicus
Dr. Calum Miller
Kristine Lee BrownAttorney At Law, Amicus
Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie and The Catholic Association Foundation
Megan Marie WoldCooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
Ethics and Public Policy Center
M. Edward Whelan IIIEthics and Public Policy Center, Amicus
Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils
Randall L. WengerIndependence Law Center, Amicus
Family Research Council and Martha Shuping, M.D.
Christopher E. MillsSpero Law LLC, Amicus
Food and Drug Law Scholars
Robert Allen Long Jr.Covington & Burling, LLP, Amicus
Former Commissioners of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
William Barnett SchultzZuckerman Spaeder LLP, Amicus
Former Military Officials, Civilian National Security Leaders, and Vet Voice Foundation
Carmen Gloria Iguina GonzalezKaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III
David H. ThompsonCooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
Former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and White House Officials
James Ruffin Lawrence IIIEnvisage Law, Amicus
Former U.S. Department of Justice Officials
Alan Evan SchoenfeldWilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Amicus
Freedom from Religion Foundation and American Atheists
Patrick C ElliottFreedom From Religion Foundation, Amicus
GenBioPro, Inc.
John Patrick ElwoodArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus
Gianina Cazan-London MD, Melissa Halvorson MD, and Wagner Faith & Freedom Center
William WagnerGreat Lakes Justice Center, Amicus
Heartbeat International
Thomas L. Brejcha Jr.Thomas More Society, Amicus
Brennan Tyler BrooksThomas More Society, Amicus
Honeybee Health, Inc.
Stephanie Leigh GutweinFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Amicus
Human Coalition, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, and the National Association of Evangelicals
Elissa Michelle GravesThe Law Office of Elissa Graves, Amicus
Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
Howard Nathan SlughJewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Amicus
Judicial Watch, Inc.
Meredith Leigh Di LibertoJudicial Watch, Inc., Amicus
Legal Voice, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, et al.
Matthew Prairie GordonPerkins Cole LLP, Amicus
Life Legal Defense Foundation
Catherine Wynne ShortLife Legal Defense Foundation, Amicus
Local Governments and Local Government Leaders
Jonathan B. MillerPublic Rights Project, Amicus
Medical Students for Choice
Jayme Alyse JonatHolwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, Amicus
Mississippi, et al.
Scott Grant StewartMississippi Attorney General's Office, Amicus
Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas
Joshua Michael DivineOffice of the Missouri Attorney General, Amicus
Mountain States Legal Foundation
R. Trent McCotterSeparation of Powers Clinic, Scalia Law School, Amicus
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Samuel SpitalNAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, American College of Nurse-Midwives, American Academy of Physician Associates, and Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jonathan K. YoungwoodSimpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, Amicus
National Council of Jewish Women, et al.
Eugene Martin GelernterPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, Amicus
National Hispanic Leadership Conference; Frederick Douglas Foundation
Mathew D. Staver — Amicus
New York, et al.
Barbara Dale UnderwoodSolicitor General, Amicus
Over 300 Reproductive Health Researchers
Melissa GoodmanCenter on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, Amicus
Over 600 State Legislators
Amanda Shafer BermanCrowell & Moring LLP, Amicus
Patient and Provider Advocacy Organizations
Caroline Lewis WolvertonAkin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Amicus
Pharmaceutical Companies, Executives, and Investors
Eva A. TemkinKing & Spalding LLP, Amicus
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
David Meir ZiontsCovington & Burlington LLP, Amicus
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Janice Marie Mac AvoyFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Amicus
Priests for Life
Robert Joseph MuiseAmerican Freedom Law Center, Amicus
Professor F. Andrew Hessick
F. Andrew Hessick III — Amicus
Professors David S. Cohen and Rachel Rebouché
David Samuel CohenThomas R. Kline School Of Law, Amicus
Public Citizen; Center for Science in the Public Interest
Nicolas Anthony SansonePublic Citizen Litigation Group, Amicus
Reproductive Freedom Alliance
Jaime Ann SantosGoodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
Robertson Center for Constitutional Law
Christopher Theodore HolingerRobertson Center for Constitutional Law, Amicus
Secretary David L. Bernhardt
John Clay SullivanS|L Law PLLC, Amicus
Southeastern Legal Foundation and Texas Public Policy Foundation
Thomas Ryan McCarthyConsovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
Stanton International
Erin Elizabeth MersinoThe Muise Law Group, PLLC, Amicus
Students for Life of America
William Bock IIIKroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP, Amicus
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, et al.
Heather Gebelin HackerHacker Stephens LLP, Amicus
The City of New York and NYC Health + Hospitals, The County of Santa Clara, and Four Other Local Jurisdictions
Richard Paul DearingCity of New York, Amicus
The Elliot Institute, Rachel's Vineyard, and Entering Canaan Ministry
Jay Alan SekulowAmerican Center for Law and Justice, Amicus
The Prolife Center at the University of St. Thomas (MN)
Teresa Stanton CollettUniversity of St. Thomas School of Law, Amicus
United States Medical Association
Nathan W. KellumCenter for Religious Expression, Amicus
US Food and Drug Administration, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Petitioner
Women and Families Harmed by Mifepristone and Former Abortion Providers
Linda Boston SchlueterTrinity Legal Center, Amicus
Women Injured by Abortion
Mary Jane BrowningThe Justice Foundation, Amicus
Women Who Have Obtained Medication Abortion Via Telemedicine
Vanessa Kay BurrowsSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Amicus
Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Candace Nicole BeckWomen's Bar Ass'n of the District of Columbia, Amicus
World Faith Foundation and Institute for Faith and Family
James L. Hirsen — Amicus