RELIGIOUS SISTERS OF MERCY v. AZAR

Case No. 3:16-cv-00386, Case No. 3:16-cv-00432.

513 F.Supp.3d 1113 (2021)

The RELIGIOUS SISTERS OF MERCY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alex M. AZAR II, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants. Catholic Benefits Association, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. North Dakota, Eastern Division.

Signed January 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Sagsveen , Wayne K. Stenehjem , Attorney General's Office, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff North Dakota, State of.

Luke W. Goodrich , Stephanie H. Barclay , Daniel Chen , Joseph Davis , Mark L. Rienzi , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Religious Sisters of Mercy, The, Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care Center, SMP Health System, University of Mary.

Luke W. Goodrich , Stephanie H. Barclay , Mark L. Rienzi , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Sacred Heart Mercy Health Care.

Ian S. Speir , L. Martin Nussbaum , Nussbaum Speir Gleason PLLC, Colorado Springs, CO, for Plaintiffs Catholic Benefits Association, Diocese of Fargo, Catholic Charities North Dakota, Catholic Medical Association.

Bailey W. Heaps , Emily B. Nestler , Bradley Humphreys , Rhett P. Martin , U.S. Departinent of Justice, Washington, DC, Tara V. Iversen , U.S. Attorney's Office, Fargo, ND, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

In these consolidated cases, a coalition of entities affiliated with the Catholic Church and the State of North Dakota challenge the implementation of Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), a statute that prohibits certain forms of discrimination in healthcare...

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