KINDER v. GEITHNER

No. 11-1973.

695 F.3d 772 (2012)

Peter KINDER, Missouri Lieutenant Governor; Dale Morris; Samantha Hill; Julie Keathley; M.K., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Timothy F. GEITHNER, Secretary of the United States Department of Treasury; Hilda Solis, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor; Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney General; Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendants-Appellees. State of Alabama; State of Alaska; State of Arizona, et al., Amici on Behalf of Appellant, American Association of People with Disabilities; Families USA; Friends of Cancer Research; March of Dimes Foundation, et al., Amici on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Hearne, II , argued, St. Louis, MO, Lindsay S.C. Brinton , St. Louis, MO, Robert C. O'Brien and Steven A. Haskins , Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, for appellant.

Beth S. Brinkmann , argued, Mark B. Stern , Alisa Beth Klein , and Dana Kaersvang , on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Washington, DC, Scott D. MakarBill Cobb , James D. Blacklock , Austin, TX, Scott D. Makar , Joseph W. Jacquot , Louis F. Hubener , Timothy D. Osterhaus , Blain H. Winship , Tallahassee, FL, Luther Strange , Montgomery, AL, John J. Burns , Juneau, AK, Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr. , Michael Tryonof , Phoenix, AZ, John W. Suthers , Denver, CO, Samuel S. Olens , Atlanta, GA, Lawrence D. Wasden , Boise, ID, James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Baton Rouge, LA, William J. Schneider , Augusta, MN, Bill Schuette , Lansing, MI, Jon Bruning , Lincoln, NE, Mark A. Hutchison , Las Vegas, NV, Wayne Stenehjem , Bismarck, ND, Michael Dewine , Columbus, OH, Linda L. Kelly , Harrisburg, PA, Alan Wilson , Columbia, SC, Marty J. Jackley , Pierre, SD, Mark L. Schurtleff , Salt Lake City, UT, Robert M. McKenna , Olympia, WA, J.B. VanHollen , Madison, WI, on the amicus brief in support of appellants for Texas, Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Brian S. Koukoutchos , Mandeville, LA, Charles J. Cooper , David H. Thompson , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellants for Executive and Legislative Officials of States Within the Eighth Circuit.

Rochelle Bobroff , Simon Lazarus , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for The American Association of People with Disabilities, The ARC of the United States, Families USA, Friends of Cancer Research, March of Dimes Foundation, Mental Health America, National Breast Cancer Coalition, National Organization for Rare Disorders, and The National Senior Citizens Law Center.

M. Sean Laane , Richard L. Rosen , Michael D. Thorpe , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Economic Scholars.

Ian Millhiser , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for American Nurses Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Student Association, Doctors for America, National Hispanic Medical Association, and the National Physicians Alliance.

Barry Friedman , New York, NY, Jeffrey A. Lamken , Robert K. Kry , Martin V. Totaro , Lucas M. Walker , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Law Professors Barry Friedman, Matthew Adler, et al.

Thomas M. O'Brien , Danial J. Hammond , Boston, MA, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Gillian E. Metzger , Trevor W. Morrison , New York, NY, Andrew J. Pincus , Charles A. Rothfeld , Michael B. Kimberly , Paul W. Hughes , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Constitutional Law Professors Jack M. Balkin, Gillian E. Metzger, and Trevor W. Morrison.

John B. Howard, Jr. , William F. Brockman , Stephen M. Ruckman , Joshua N. Auerbach , Baltimore, MD, Kamala D. Harris , Sacramento, CA, George Jepsen , Hartford, CT, Joseph R. Biden, III , Wilmington, DE, Irvin B. Nathan , Washington, DC, David M. Louie , Honolulu, HI, Tom Miller , Des Moines, IA, Eric T. Schneiderman , New York, NY, John R. Kroger , Salem, OR, William H. Sorrell , Montpelier, VT, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for The States of Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, New York, Oregon and Vermont, and the District of Columbia.

Patrick J. Szymanski , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Change to Win.

Judith A. Scott , Walter Kamiat , Mark Schneider , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Service Employees International Union.

Johnathan Weissglass , Jennifer Sung, P. Casey Pitts , San Francisco, CA, on the amicus brief in support of appellees for Service Employees International Union and Change to Win.

Before BYE, SMITH, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

A group of seven plaintiffs, including Samantha Hill and Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (acting in his personal capacity), brought this action to challenge various provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("the Act"). Pub.L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010). The district court1 dismissed the suit for lack of standing. Hill and Kinder appeal...

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