SATANIC TEMPLE, INCORPORATED v. THHSC

No. 22-20459.

79 F.4th 512 (2023)

The SATANIC TEMPLE, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE COMMISSION; Cecile Young, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt Kezhaya , Crown Law, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph N. Mazzara , Office of the Texas Attorney General, Solicitor General Division, Austin, TX, Heather Lee Dyer , Christopher D. Hilton , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, Ryan Glen Kercher , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Smith, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


The Satanic Temple, which describes itself as a "nontheistic religion whose membership openly defies the authority of God and the Church," and an anonymous member thereof sued the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ("THHSC"), its Executive Commissioner (currently Cecile Young), and the Planned Parenthood Center...

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