DATA MARKETING P'SHIP v. U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 20-11179.

45 F.4th 846 (2022)

DATA MARKETING PARTNERSHIP, LP; LP Management Services, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; Martin Walsh, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Crumly, Sr. , Bryan Francis Jacoutot , Reginald L. Snyder , Taylor English Duma, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Warren W. Harris , Bracewell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael Shih , Mark Bernard Stern, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Nandan M. Joshi , Counsel, Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Citizen.

Kathryn McDermott Speaks , Pennsylvania Insurance Department, Harrisburg, PA, for Amici Curiae Pennsylvania Insurance Department, Colorado Division of Insurance, Connecticut Insurance Department, District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking, Hawaii Insurance Division, Maine Bureau of Insurance, Maryland Insurance Administration, New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance, Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services — Financial Regulation Division, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation — Division of Insurance, Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner.

Jason Elam , Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amici Curiae Adam Rochestere, John Fiedler, Benjamin Clear.

Michael T. Raupp , Husch Blackwell, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Jennifer Maureen McAdam, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Jon Breyfogle , Tammy Killion , Matthew W. Lanahan , Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Alexander Kazam , King & Spalding, L.L.P., King & Spalding, L.L.P., for Amici Curiae Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, National Organization for Rare Disorders.

Caroline Van Zile, Esq. , Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Amid Curiae District of Columbia, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Illinois, State of Maine, State of Maryland, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of New York, State of North Carolina, State of Pennsylvania, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Virginia, State of Washington, State of Wisconsin.

Before Smith, Elrod, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


There are three questions presented. The first is whether the Department of Labor's self-labeled "advisory opinion" is reviewable "final agency action" under the Administrative Procedure Act. It is. The second is whether the Department's action is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise contrary to law. Again, it is...

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