ADVENTIST HEALTH v. U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

No. 21-1589.

17 F.4th 793 (2021)

ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/SUNBELT, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al.; United Network for Organ Sharing, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Canfield , JONES & DAY, Atlanta, GA, Courtney A. Carrell , Autumn Hamit Patterson , Richard Salgado , Kelsey L. Smith , JONES & DAY, Dallas, TX, Michael Anthony Carvin , Jacob Moshe Roth , JONES & DAY, Washington, DC, Ryan Gene Koopmans , BELIN & MCCORMICK, Des Moines, IA, Glenn L. Krinsky , JONES DAY, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Leon Drezner , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Bradley Hinshelwood , Mark B. Stern , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Lisa Nicole Newman , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Federal Programs, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees United States Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary, Xavier Becerra, and Health Resources and Services Administration, Acting Administrator, Diana Espinosa.

Elizabeth Jane Carter , Lance W. Lange , FAEGRE & DRINKER, Des Moines, IA, Linda T. Coberly , WINSTON & STRAWN, Chicago, IL, Lauren Gailey , WINSTON & STRAWN, Washington, DC, James W. Randall , Sean H. Suber , Thomas Gerald Weber , WINSTON & STRAWN, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee United Network for Organ Sharing.

Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ("OPTN") is a private, non-profit entity established at the direction of Congress to perform essential functions in implementing the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. § 273 et seq. ("Transplant Act"). See § 274. One of OPTN...

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