- Docket No.
- 2:17-cv-04540
- District Court
- Pennsylvania Eastern
Goal
- Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation
- Stop the government from enforcing the statute or regulation
Issues
Case History
Litigation Content
Why this Matters:
The plaintiff alleges that federal regulations exempting certain employers from providing women access to insurance plans that guarantee coverage of contraception without cost-sharing violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the Affordable Care Act, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Broader exemptions to contraceptive coverage requirements could result in higher out-of-pocket costs and reduced access to services, making it more difficult to access this care.
Potential Impact:
Exempting employers and health insurers from providing otherwise required contraceptive care limits access to contraceptive care and contraceptive counseling, jeopardizing women’s health and safety and increasing medical expenses for patients and state governments.
112 Major Filings
- ORDER ON MOTION FOR PARTIAL STAY (Oct 15, 2025)
- INTERVENOR'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL STAY (Sep 22, 2025)
- DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF APPEAL (Aug 26, 2025)
- NOTICE OF DOCKETING RECORD ON APPEAL (Aug 20, 2025)
- NOTICE OF APPEAL (Aug 13, 2025)
- OPINION AND ORDER (Aug 13, 2025)
- REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Jul 3, 2025)
- DEFENDANT'S REPLY TO INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT AND OPP. TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Jun 27, 2025)
- OPPOSITION TO MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND REPLY IN SUPPORT OF STATES’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (May 19, 2025)
- FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Apr 18, 2025)
- DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Apr 17, 2025)
- PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Mar 11, 2025)
- AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER (Feb 24, 2025)
- AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER (Jan 17, 2025)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Jan 15, 2025)
- NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (Dec 23, 2024)
- STATUS REPORT (Apr 24, 2023)
- STATUS REPORT (Jan 23, 2023)
- STATUS REPORT (Oct 24, 2022)
- STATUS REPORT (Jul 26, 2022)
- STATUS REPORT (Apr 27, 2022)
- STATUS REPORT (Oct 29, 2021)
- ORDER Granting Motion to Stay (Aug 3, 2021)
- MOTION to Stay (Jul 30, 2021)
- STATUS REPORT (Jul 30, 2021)
- ORDER Granting Motion to Stay (May 3, 2021)
- STATUS REPORT (Apr 30, 2021)
- ORDER Granting Motion to Stay (Mar 8, 2021)
- MOTION to Stay (Mar 5, 2021)
- NOTICE of Supplemental Authority (Jan 19, 2021)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Nov 24, 2020)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Nov 24, 2020)
- REPLY in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (Nov 13, 2020)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Nov 13, 2020)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Oct 23, 2020)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Oct 23, 2020)
- REPLY in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (Oct 23, 2020)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Oct 23, 2020)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Sep 29, 2020)
- ORDER (Sep 23, 2020)
- LETTER from US Court of Appeals (Mar 16, 2020)
- JOINT STATUS REPORT (Jan 23, 2020)
- ORDER Staying Further Proceedings (Jul 31, 2019)
- ORDER of Transfer (Jul 31, 2019)
- STATEMENT Regarding Further Proceedings (Jul 25, 2019)
- STATEMENT as to Further Proceedings (Jul 25, 2019)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Jul 12, 2019)
- REPLY in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Jul 12, 2019)
- REPLY in Opposition to Motions for Summary Judgment (Jun 28, 2019)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Jun 14, 2019)
- REPLY in Opposition to Summary Judgment (Jun 14, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice at Yale Law School (Jun 7, 2019)
- NOTICE of Supplemental Authority (May 16, 2019)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (May 15, 2019)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (Apr 12, 2019)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Apr 5, 2019)
- MOTION to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support (Mar 29, 2019)
- DISCOVERY PLAN (Mar 28, 2019)
- MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of JX and Improper Venue and Memorandum in Support (Mar 28, 2019)
- NOTICE of Pretrial Conference (Mar 13, 2019)
- ORDER Denying Motion to Stay (Mar 6, 2019)
- REPLY in Opposition to Motion to Stay (Feb 28, 2019)
- MOTION to Stay and Memorandum in Support (Feb 14, 2019)
- NOTICE of Appeal of Order Granting Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Jan 23, 2019)
- NOTICE of Appeal of Order Granting Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Jan 14, 2019)
- NOTICE of Related Case and Exhibit Memorandum and Order (Jan 14, 2019)
- OPINION (Jan 14, 2019)
- ORDER Granting Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Jan 14, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF (corrected) American Association of University Women (Jan 9, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF Health Professional Organizations American Nurses Association (Jan 7, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF Massachusetts (Jan 7, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF National Women's Law Center (Jan 7, 2019)
- AMICUS BRIEF U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce (Jan 7, 2019)
- REPLY in Opposition to Section Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Jan 3, 2019)
- ORDER Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Stay (Dec 27, 2018)
- REPLY in Opposition to Motion to Stay (Dec 27, 2018)
- MOTION to Stay (Dec 26, 2018)
- MOTION (second) for Preliminary Injunction (Dec 17, 2018)
- AMENDED COMPLAINT (Dec 14, 2018)
- OPINION (Dec 14, 2018)
- ORDER Granting Motion to Lift Stay (Dec 14, 2018)
- NOTICE of Status Conference (Dec 7, 2018)
- RESPONSE to Motion to Lift Stay (Dec 7, 2018)
- MOTION to Lift Stay (Nov 26, 2018)
- ORDER Vacating Previous Order and Granting Motion to Intervene (May 10, 2018)
- ORDER Granting Motion to Stay (Feb 9, 2018)
- MOTION to Stay (Feb 8, 2018)
- NOTICE of Appeal of Preliminary Injunction (Feb 6, 2018)
- NOTICE of Preliminary Pretrial Conference (Jan 9, 2018)
- NOTICE of Appeal of Preliminary Injunction (Dec 15, 2017)
- OPINION (Dec 15, 2017)
- ORDER Granting Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dec 15, 2017)
- ORDER Denying Motion in Limine (Dec 13, 2017)
- REPLY in Opposition to Defendant Motion in Limine (Dec 13, 2017)
- REPLY in Support of Defendant Motion in Limine (Dec 13, 2017)
- MOTION in Limine (Dec 11, 2017)
- NOTICE of Appeal of Denial of Motion to Intervene (Dec 8, 2017)
- OPINION (Dec 8, 2017)
- ORDER Denying Motion to Intervene (Dec 8, 2017)
- REPLY in Support of Defendant Motion to Dismiss (Dec 7, 2017)
- REPLY in Support of Motion to Intervene (Dec 7, 2017)
- REPLY in Opposition to Emergency Motion to Intervene (Dec 6, 2017)
- REPLY in Opposition to Defendant Motion to Dismiss (Nov 30, 2017)
- AMICUS BRIEF American Association of University Women (Nov 28, 2017)
- AMICUS BRIEF American Center for Law & Justice (Nov 28, 2017)
- AMICUS BRIEF Massachusetts (Nov 28, 2017)
- REPLY in Support of Plaintiff Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Nov 27, 2017)
- EMERGENCY MOTION to Intervene (Nov 22, 2017)
- MOTION to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support (Nov 16, 2017)
- REPLY in Opposition to Plaintiff Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Nov 16, 2017)
- MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (Nov 2, 2017)
- COMPLAINT (Oct 11, 2017)