No. 25A423

Heather Swanson, et al. v. Michael T. Hilgers, Attorney General of Nebraska, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-14
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: equal-protection fourteenth-amendment home-birth medical-regulation midwifery rational-basis
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state law completely prohibiting certified nurse midwives from attending home births violates the Fourteenth Amendment's rational basis review standard when the law appears to undermine rather than advance stated health and safety interests

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Application (25A423) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 20, 2025.
2025-10-09
Application (25A423) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2025 to December 20, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
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Attorneys

Heather Swanson, et al.
Joshua Warren Polk — Pacific Legal Foundation, Petitioner