California v. Texas

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California v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act after Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
federal court case
alsoKnownAs California v. Texas, 593 U.S. ___ (2021)
Texas v. California
arguedDate November 10, 2020
background Congress reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero in 2017
challengedProvision 26 U.S.C. § 5000A (individual mandate)
challengedStatute Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act NERFINISHED
citation 593 U.S. ___ (2021)
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decidedDate June 17, 2021
defendantsIncluded federal government officials responsible for implementing the ACA
dissentingOpinionBy Samuel A. Alito, Jr. NERFINISHED
dissentJoinedBy Neil M. Gorsuch
docketNumber 19-1019
19-840
effect Affordable Care Act remained in force
hasParty Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.
State of California
State of Texas
United States of America
holding plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the minimum essential coverage provision of the ACA
the Supreme Court did not reach the merits of the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate
intervenor State of California
other states supporting the ACA
issue whether plaintiffs had Article III standing to challenge the ACA after the individual mandate penalty was set to zero
whether the individual mandate is severable from the rest of the ACA
whether the individual mandate without a penalty is constitutional
joinedByInMajority Amy Coney Barrett
Brett M. Kavanaugh
Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED
Elena Kagan
John G. Roberts, Jr. NERFINISHED
Sonia Sotomayor
legalSubject Affordable Care Act NERFINISHED
individual mandate
severability
standing
majorityOpinionBy Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED
originatedFrom Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Northern District of Texas
plaintiffsIncluded individual plaintiffs in Texas
relatedLegislation Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
result judgment of the Fifth Circuit vacated and case remanded with instructions to dismiss
term October Term 2020
topic United States constitutional law
federal jurisdiction
health care law

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
California v. Texas ("Texas v. California")
California v. Texas ("California v. Texas, 593 U.S. ___ (2021)")
alsoKnownAs
Affordable Care Act
legalChallenge
Affordable Care Act
subjectOf

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