King v. Burwell

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Affordable Care Act case United States Supreme Court case landmark case

King v. Burwell is a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

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Label Occurrences
King v. Burwell canonical 8
Defense of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell 1
House of Representatives v. Burwell 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Affordable Care Act case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
affirmedOrReversed Fourth Circuit judgment affirmed ⓘ
areaOfLaw administrative law ⓘ
health law ⓘ
statutory interpretation ⓘ
arguedDate 2015-03-04 ⓘ
citation 135 S. Ct. 2480 ⓘ
192 L. Ed. 2d 483 ⓘ
576 U.S. 473 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedUnderStatute 26 U.S.C. § 36B ⓘ
decisionDate 2015-06-25 ⓘ
defendant Sylvia M. Burwell ⓘ
surface form: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
defendantOffice United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services
dissentingJustices Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
dissentingOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
docketNumber 14-114 ⓘ
fullName King v. Burwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
holding Tax credits are available for health insurance purchased on any exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, whether established by a state or by the federal government ⓘ
The phrase "an Exchange established by the State" is interpreted in the context of the statute as a whole to include federally facilitated exchanges ⓘ
impact preserved subsidies for millions of Americans purchasing insurance on federal exchanges ⓘ
interpretiveApproach contextual statutory interpretation ⓘ
rejection of strict textual reading of "established by the State" ⓘ
issue availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges ⓘ
interpretation of the phrase "established by the State" in the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision upheld IRS rule extending tax credits to federal exchanges ⓘ
majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Elena Kagan ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
surface form: John G. Roberts, Jr.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
surface form: John G. Roberts, Jr.
plaintiff David King ⓘ
popularNameOfLawAtIssue Affordable Care Act ⓘ
surface form: Obamacare
regulationAtIssue IRS rule interpreting ACA premium tax credit provisions ⓘ
relatedCase Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. ⓘ
NFIB v. Sebelius ⓘ
relatedLegislation Affordable Care Act ⓘ
Affordable Care Act ⓘ
surface form: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
subjectMatter federal tax credits for health insurance premiums ⓘ
federally facilitated health insurance exchanges ⓘ
term October Term 2014 ⓘ
vote 6-3 ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: King v. Burwell
Description of subject: King v. Burwell is a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the availability of federal tax credits for health insurance purchased on exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Affordable Care Act → subjectOf → King v. Burwell ⓘ
ACA → legalChallenge → King v. Burwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Affordable Care Act
Public Law 111-148 → subjectOf → King v. Burwell ⓘ
King v. Burwell → fullName → King v. Burwell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives → notableCaseInvolvement → King v. Burwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Representatives v. Burwell
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. → notableWork → King v. Burwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
this entity surface form: Defense of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. → notableCase → King v. Burwell ⓘ
subject surface form: Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
111-148 → subjectOf → King v. Burwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court case King v. Burwell
19-840 → relatedCase → King v. Burwell ⓘ
David King → notableFor → King v. Burwell ⓘ
David King → participantIn → King v. Burwell ⓘ
David King → partyToProceeding → King v. Burwell ⓘ
David King → hasNotableCourtDecision → King v. Burwell ⓘ
this entity surface form: King v. Burwell decision upholding ACA subsidies