# United States v. Texas No. 21-588 · Decided December 10, 2021 · 595 U. S. 74 > Prepared by Supreme Court Report from the PDF published by the Supreme Court of the United States. The PDF is the authoritative text; this copy can contain errors of conversion. Source: ## Syllabus [\*74] UNITED STATES *v*. TEXAS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR ### THE FTH CIRCUIT No. 21–588 (21A85). Argued November 1, 2021—Decided December 10, ### 2021 Certiorari dismissed. \* Briefs of *amici curiae* urging affirmance were filed for the American Center for Law and Justice by *Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, Jordan A. Sekulow, Laura B. Hernandez, Andrew J. Ekonomou, Cecilia Noland-Heil,* and *Walter M. Weber*; for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty by *Mark L. Rienzi*; for the Life Legal Defense Foundation by *Catherine W. Short*; and for 410 Texas Women Injured by Abortion et al. by *Allan E. Parker, R. Clayton Trotter,* and *Mary J. Browning.* A brief of *amici curiae* urging vacatur was filed for Leading Medical Organizations by *Shannon Rose Selden, Anna A. Moody,* and *Shiri A. Hickman*. Briefs of *amici curiae* were filed for the State of Indiana et al. by *Theodore E. Rokita,* Attorney General of Indiana, *Thomas M. Fisher,* Solicitor General, *Kian J. Hudson,* Deputy Solicitor General, and *Julia C. Payne* and *Melinda R. Holmes,* Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: *Steve Marshall* of Alabama, *Mark Brnovich* of Arizona, *Leslie Rutledge* of Arkansas, *Ashley Moody* of Florida, *Christopher M. Carr* of Georgia, *Lawrence G. Wasden* of Idaho, *Derek Schmidt* of Kansas, *Daniel Cameron* of Kentucky, *Jeff Landry* of Louisiana, *Lynn Fitch* of Mississippi, *Eric Schmitt* of Missouri, *Austin Knudsen* of Montana, *Doug Peterson* of Nebraska, *Dave Yost* of Ohio, *John M. O’Connor* of Oklahoma, *Alan Wilson* of South Carolina, *Jason R. Ravnsborg* of South Dakota, *Sean D. Reyes* of Utah, and *Patrick Morrisey* of West Virginia; for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. by *Maura Healey,* Attorney General of Massachusetts, *Elizabeth N. Dewar,* State Solicitor, and *Amanda Hainsworth,* Assistant Attorney General, by *Andrew J. Bruck,* Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: *Rob Bonta* of California, *Philip J. Weiser* of Colorado, *William Tong* of Connecticut, *Kathleen Jennings* of Delaware, *Karl A. Racine* of the District of Columbia, *Clare E. Connors* of Hawaii, *Kwame Raoul* of Illinois, *Aaron M. Frey* of Maine, *Brian E. Frosh* of Maryland, *Dana Nessel* of Michigan, *Keith Ellison* of Minnesota, *Aaron D. Ford* of Nevada, *Hector Balderas* of New Mexico, *Letitia James* of New York, *Joshua H. Stein* of North Carolina, *Ellen F. Rosenblum* of Oregon, *Josh Shapiro* of Pennsylvania, *Peter F. Neronha* of Rhode Island, *Thomas J. Donovan, Jr.,* of Vermont, *Mark R. Herring* of Virginia, *Robert W. Ferguson* of Washington, and *Joshua L. Kaul* of Wisconsin; for the American Bar Association by *Reginald M. Turner*; for the Blanca Telephone Co. by *Timothy E. Welch*; for the Constitutional Accountability Center by *Elizabeth B. Wydra, Brianne J. Gorod,* and *David H. Gans*; for Legal Scholars Professor Blake Emerson et al. by *Alison B. Miller* and *Benjamin F. Heidlage*; for Legal Scholars Leah Litman et al. by *Sonya D. Winner*; for Local Governments by *Jonathan B. Miller, Meghan L. Riley, Esteban A. Aguilar, Jr., Jessica M. Scheller, Kristin M. Bronson, Arturo G. Michel, Michael N. Feuer, Rodrigo A. Castro-Silva, Barbara J. Parker, Diana P. Cortes, Lyndsey M. Olson, Dennis J. Herrera, James R. Williams, Joseph Lawrence,* and *Peter S. Holmes*; for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services et al. by *Alan E. Schoenfeld, Diana O. Salgado, Carrie Y. Flaxman,* and *Jennifer Sandman*; for the Texas Medical Association by *Donald P. Wilcox, Kelly M. Walla,* and *Laura J. Thetford*; for David Boyle by *Mr. Boyle, pro se*; and for 128 Current and Former Prosecutors et al. by *John P. Mastando III* and *David Weiss*. ## Counsel *Solicitor General Prelogar* argued the cause for the United States. With her on the briefs were *Acting Solicitor General Fletcher, Acting Assistant Attorney General Boynton, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harrington, Erica L. Ross, Mark R. Freeman, Michael S. Raab,* and *Daniel Winik.* *Judd E. Stone II,* Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for the state respondent. With him on the briefs were *Ken Paxton,* Attorney General of Texas, *Brent Webster,* First Assistant Attorney General, *Lanora C. Pettit,* Principal Deputy Solicitor General, *Beth Klusmann* and *Natalie D. Thompson,* Assistant Solicitors General, and *William T. Thompson.* *Jonathan F. Mitchell* argued the cause for private respondents. With him on the briefs were *D. Bryan Hughes* and *Heather Gebelin Hacker.\** ## Per Curiam *Per Curiam.* The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. The application to vacate stay presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. *It is so ordered.* [\*76] JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR would grant the application to vacate stay in No. 21A85 and dissents from the dismissal of No. 21–588 as improvidently granted.