No. 24A146

Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: abortion-referral dobbs-decision federal-funding spending-clause title-x weldon-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether HHS is violating the Constitution's Spending Clause by imposing a funding condition—abortion referrals—that this Court's precedent (Rust) holds is not unambiguously required by Title X; and (2) Whether HHS is violating the Weldon Amendment, which expressly protects health care organizations who decline to refer for abortions under Title X, by stripping Oklahoma's Health Department of millions of dollars for declining to refer for abortions under Title X.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the federal government may condition Title X family planning funds on a state health agency's willingness to refer for abortions despite statutory protections against such requirements

Docket Entries

2024-09-03
Application (24A146) referred to the Court.
2024-09-03
Application (24A146) for writ of injunction presented to Justice Gorsuch and by him referred to the Court is denied. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch would grant the application.
2024-08-28
Response to Supplemental Memorandum of State of Oklahoma submitted.
2024-08-28
Response to Supplemental Brief from Applicants filed.
2024-08-27
Supplemental Memorandum Regarding Emergency Application of Department of Health and Human Services, et al. submitted.
2024-08-27
Supplemental Brief from Respondents filed.
2024-08-19
Reply of State of Oklahoma in support of application submitted.
2024-08-19
Reply of applicant Oklahoma filed.
2024-08-15
Response to application from respondent Department of Health and Human Services, et al. filed.
2024-08-08
Response to application (24A146) requested by Justice Gorsuch, due by 4 p.m. EDT, on August 15, 2024.
2024-08-05
Application (24A146) for writ of injunction, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
State of Oklahoma
Zachary Paul WestOklahoma Office of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Anthony Joseph FerateSpencer Fane LLP, Petitioner
Barry Greg ReynoldsTitus Hillis Reynolds Love, Petitioner
Jack Miles McFaddenTitus Hillis Reynolds Love, Petitioner
Ray Thompson HillisTitus Hillis Reynolds Love, Petitioner