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Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2020-1286 · judgment September 30, 2020
Before the decision, about 2.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
May the United States invoke a non-statutory mitigation defense to avoid the unambiguous requirement of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) that the Government “shall make” cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers in set amounts? (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jun 21 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
- Jun 01 2021Reply of petitioners Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 30 2021Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
- Apr 01 2021Brief amici curiae of Anthem, Inc., Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc., Highmark Inc., L.A. Care Health Plan, and Molina Healthcare of California, Inc. filed.
- Mar 23 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 30, 2021.
- Mar 22 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 31, 2021 to April 30, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 12 2021Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, et al.
- Feb 24 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 31, 2021)