No. 25-214

Kenneth Fitch, et al. v. Maryland, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-discrimination healthcare-benefits medicare-part-d statutory-employment unilateral-contract unmistakability-doctrine
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity ERISA DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the use of the unmistakability doctrine renders a fulfilled statutory unilateral employment contract illusory.

2. Whether Maryland may discriminate in favor of illegal aliens and against State retirees by providing subsidies for prescription drug benefits through Medicare Part D; and if so, whether the specific discriminatory provisions of the Qualified Residence Program in Maryland's Access to Care Act are unconstitutional.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the unmistakability doctrine renders a statutory unilateral employment contract illusory and whether Maryland's discriminatory healthcare provisions for illegal aliens violate constitutional protections

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-21
Waiver of Maryland, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent Maryland, et al. to respond filed.
2025-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2025)

Attorneys

Kenneth Fitch, et al.
Deborah Ann Holloway HillLaw Office of Deborah Hill, LLC, Petitioner
Maryland, et al.
Ryan Robert DietrichOffice of the Attorney General of Maryland, Respondent