NAT. FEDN. OF INDEP. BUSINESS v. SEBELIUS

Nos. 11-393, 11-398, 11-400.

132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012)

183 L.Ed.2d 450

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, et al., Petitioners, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners, v. Florida, et al. Florida, et al., Petitioners, v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , for Petitioners.

Edwin S. Kneedler , for Respondents.

H. Bartow Farr, III , appointed by this Court, as amicus curiae.

Michael A. Carvin , for respondents National Federation of Independent Business.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Washington, D.C, for Respondents.

Karen R. Harned , Washington, Randy E. Barnett , Washington, DC, Michael A. Carvin , Gregory G. Katsas , C. Kevin Marshall , Hashim M. Mooppan , Yaakov M. Roth , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Private Petitioners.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General of Florida, Scott D. Makar , Solicitor General, Louis F. Hubener , Timothy D. Osterhaus , Blaine H. Winship , Tallahassee, FL, Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, Alan Wilson , Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Luther Strange , Attorney General of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, Bill Schuette , Attorney General of Michigan, Lansing, MI, Robert M. McKenna , Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, WA, Jon Bruning , Attorney General of Nebraska, Katherine J. Spohn , Special Counsel to the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, Mark L. Shurtleff , Attorney General of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, John W. Suthers , Attorney General of Colorado, Denver, CO, Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General of Idaho, Boise, ID, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr. , Governor, Linda L. Kelly , Attorney General Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General of South Dakota, Pierre, SD, Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr. , General Counsel, Office of Arizona Governor, Janice K. Brewer , Tom Home, Attorney General of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, Wayne Stenejhem , Attorney General of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, Brian Sandoval , Governor of Nevada, Carson City, NV, Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General of Alaska, Juneau, AK, Michael DeWine , Attorney General of Ohio, David B. Rivkin , Lee A. Casey , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Columbus, OH, Matthew Mead , Governor of Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY, William J. Schneider , Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, ME, J.B. Van Hollen , Attorney General of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Michael B. Wallace , Counsel for the State of Mississippi by and through Governor Phil Bryant , Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A., Jackson, MS, Derek Schmidt , Attorney General of Kansas, Topeka, KS, Terry Branstad , Governor of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, for State Petitioners on Severability, State Petitioners on Medicade.

George W. Madison , General Counsel, Washington, D.C., M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Washington, D.C., William B. Schultz , Acting General Counsel, Kenneth Y. Choe , Deputy General Counsel, Washington, D.C., Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Leondra R. Kruger , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein , Attorneys Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

George W. Madison , General Counsel, Washington, D.C., M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Washington, D.C., William B. Schultz , Acting General Counsel, Kenneth Y. Choe , Deputy General Counsel, Washington, D.C., Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Joseph R. Palmore , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein , Anisha Dasgupta , Dana Kaersvang , Attorneys Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents (Severability).


Chief Justice ROBERTS announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III-C, an opinion with respect to Part IV, in which Justice BREYER and Justice KAGAN join, and an opinion with respect to Parts III-A, III-B, and III-D.

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