- Docket No.
- 7:16-cv-00108
- District Court
- Texas Northern
Goal
- Award damages
- Block enforcement of an agency action
- Declaration that agency action is unlawful
Issues
Case History
Litigation Content
Why this Matters:
The plaintiffs allege that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act – which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and sex – does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of termination of pregnancy or gender identity. The plaintiffs argue that a federal rule that interprets Section 1557 to prohibit discrimination on these bases violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Spending Clause, and the Tenth Amendment.
Potential Impact:
Health care discrimination against women and LGBTQ+ people leads to worse health disparities and greater challenges in accessing needed services and care.
79 Major Filings
- JUDGMENT MANDATE (Oct 20, 2022)
- OPINION (Oct 20, 2022)
- NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL (Nov 30, 2021)
- NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL (Nov 21, 2021)
- ORDER re Motion to Amend (Oct 1, 2021)
- MOTION to Amend (Sep 13, 2021)
- Memorandum OPINION and ORDER (Aug 16, 2021)
- Memorandum OPINION and ORDER (Aug 9, 2021)
- PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL REPLY BRIEF ON REMAND (Jun 18, 2021)
- Defendants Supplemental Brief (Jun 4, 2021)
- Intervenors' Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs Supplemental Brief on Remand (Jun 4, 2021)
- PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF ON REMAND (May 14, 2021)
- ORDER (Apr 23, 2021)
- OPINION (Apr 22, 2021)
- Notice of Filing of Official Electronic Transcript of Preliminary Injunction Proceedings (Feb 6, 2020)
- NOTICE OF APPEAL (Jan 21, 2020)
- JUDGMENT MANDATE (Dec 6, 2019)
- ORDER re Motion to Modify Final Judgement (Nov 21, 2019)
- Private Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Motion to Modify Final Judgment (Nov 20, 2019)
- MOTION to Amend (Nov 12, 2019)
- FINAL JUDGMENT (Oct 15, 2019)
- MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER (Oct 15, 2019)
- ORDER Staying the Case (Oct 15, 2019)
- Memorandum in Support - Christian Medical and Dental Society et al. (Aug 12, 2019)
- REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO NOTICE REGARDING ISSUANCE OF THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO AMEND CHALLENGED REGULATIONS (Jun 12, 2019)
- RESPONSE filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society et al. (Jun 6, 2019)
- REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF STATE PLAINTIFFS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (May 3, 2019)
- REPLY filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society et al. (May 3, 2019)
- Appendix in Support filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Apr 5, 2019)
- DEFENDANTS’ MEMORANDUM IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Apr 5, 2019)
- RESPONSE filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Apr 5, 2019)
- REPLY filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Mar 11, 2019)
- RESPONSE filed by ACLU (Mar 11, 2019)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO RENEWED MOTION TO INTERVENE (Feb 25, 2019)
- OBJECTIONS TO THE DECLARATIONS OF CHERYL NEWCOMB AND ALLISON ANDREWS FILED BY PROPOSED INTERVENORS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RENEWED MOTION TO INTERVENE (Feb 25, 2019)
- RESPONSE filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society et al. (Feb 25, 2019)
- Appendix in Support filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society et al. (Feb 4, 2019)
- Appendix in Support filed by Commonwealth of Kentucky (Feb 4, 2019)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society (Feb 4, 2019)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by Commonwealth of Kentucky (Feb 4, 2019)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society (Feb 4, 2019)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Commonwealth of Kentucky (Feb 4, 2019)
- Appendix in Support filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Feb 1, 2019)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Feb 1, 2019)
- ORDER granting Motion to Lift Stay, Vacate Status Conference, and Set Briefing Schedule (Dec 17, 2018)
- MOTION to Lift Stay, Vacate Status Conference, and Set Briefing Schedule (Dec 17, 2018)
- STATUS REPORT (Aug 14, 2018)
- STATUS REPORT (Jun 25, 2018)
- STATUS REPORT (Apr 16, 2018)
- STATUS REPORT (Feb 13, 2018)
- STATUS REPORT (Dec 15, 2017)
- STATUS REPORT (Oct 16, 2017)
- ORDER re STATUS REPORT (Aug 16, 2017)
- ORDER re Defendants Motion for Voluntary Remand (Jul 10, 2017)
- JUDGMENT MANDATE of USCA (Jun 30, 2017)
- DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Nov 23, 2016)
- RESPONSE (Nov 23, 2016)
- PROPOSED INTERVENORS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR EXPEDITED RECONSIDERATION OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS (Nov 21, 2016)
- PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED INTERVENORS’ MOTION FOR EXPEDITED RECONSIDERATION OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR STAY OF PROCEEDINGS (Nov 17, 2016)
- MOTION for Reconsideration (Nov 10, 2016)
- Brief Memorandum in Support (Nov 9, 2016)
- REPLY (Oct 31, 2016)
- RESPONSE to Proposed Intervenors’ Motion to Stay Briefing on Plaintiffs’ Dispositive Motions and Reset Deadlines for Responding to Motion to Intervene (Oct 28, 2016)
- MOTION to Set Schedule for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings (Oct 26, 2016)
- MOTION TO STAY BRIEFING ON PLAINTIFFS’ DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND RESET DEADLINES FOR RESPONDING TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Oct 24, 2016)
- Appendix in Support (Oct 21, 2016)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society (Oct 21, 2016)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by State Attorneys General (Oct 21, 2016)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Oct 21, 2016)
- MOTION for Summary Judgment (Oct 21, 2016)
- FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (Oct 17, 2016)
- DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO MOTION TO INTERVENE OF RIVER CITY GENDER ALLIANCE AND ACLU OF TEXAS (Oct 7, 2016)
- ORDER (Oct 7, 2016)
- REPLY filed by Christian Medical and Dental Society et al (Oct 6, 2016)
- Brief Memorandum in Support filed by American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (Oct 5, 2016)
- ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO MOTION TO INTERVENE (Oct 5, 2016)
- MOTION for Extension of Time (Oct 3, 2016)
- ANSWER IN INTERVENTION (Sep 16, 2016)
- COMPLAINT (Aug 23, 2016)