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The HHS Mandate in the Third Circuit

Third Circuit (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware)

 

Supreme Court 

  • Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, No. 13-356, 134 S. Ct. 678 (2013).  

Court of Appeals  

Five appeals have been filed in the Circuit (with three involving the same action).  

 

  • Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sec'y of U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 13-1144, 2013 WL 3845365 (3d Cir. July 26, 2013).
  • Zubik v. Sebelius, 2012 WL 5932977 (W.D.Pa. Nov. 27, 2012) (McVerry, J.), appeal dismissed, No. 13-1228 (3d Cir. July 23, 2013).
  • Geneva Coll. v. Sebelius, 2:12-CV-00207, 2013 WL 838238 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 6, 2013) appeal docketed No. 13-2814 (3d Cir. June 17, 2013); Geneva Coll. v. Sebelius, No. 13-3536 (3d Cir. Aug. 17, 2013);Geneva Coll. v. Sebelius, No. 14-1374 (3d Cir. Feb. 11, 2014).

District Courts

Six cases have been filed two involving the same Plaintiffs.

Pennsylvania

  • Geneva Coll. v. Sebelius, No. 12-0207, 2013 WL 6835094 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 23, 2013)

  • Persico v. Sebelius, 919 F. Supp. 2d 622 (W.D. Pa. 2013).
  • Persico v. Sebelius, CIV. 13-00303, 2013 WL 6922024 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 20, 2013).
  • Zubik v. Sebelius, 911 F. Supp. 2d 314 (W.D. Pa. 2012).
  • Zubik v. Sebelius, 13CV1459, 2013 WL 6118696 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 21, 2013).
  • Conestoga Wood Specialities Corp. v. Sebelius, 917 F. Supp. 2d 394 (E.D. Pa. 2013) aff'd sub nom. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sec'y of U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 13-1144, 2013 WL 3845365 (3d Cir. July 26, 2013).

New Jersey

No cases filed

Delaware

No cases filed