Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012
Closed Date: Aug. 21, 2013
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Seven states (Nebraska, South Carolina, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Oklahoma) and Catholic organizations filed this lawsuit on February 23, 2012 in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. It is one of a number of cases across the country seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the federal government on a similar theory. Plaintiffs claimed their free exercise of religion and freedom of speech rights were violated by the portion of the interim final regulations adopted to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010) ("the ACA"), that would require them to cover contraception as part of their health insurance offerings.
On April 30, 2012, Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing, among other things, that the regulations were in the process of being amended; that no part of the law had been enforced against any of Plaintiffs; and that Plaintiffs lacked standing.
On July 17, 2012, in a 45-page opinion, the Court, (Senior Judge Warren K. Urbom) granted the Motion to Dismiss without prejudice.
On September 14, 2012, Plaintiffs appealed the decision to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. However, Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the appeal on August 21, 2013.
Summary Authors
Denise Heberle (7/19/2012)
Mallory Jones (11/26/2013)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4306061/parties/state-of-nebraska-v-united-states-department-of-health-and-human-services/
Abbott, Greg (Nebraska)
Abrams, Michael Raphael (Nebraska)
Abrams, David Gordon (Nebraska)
Adams, Cheryl L. (Nebraska)
Adili, Ronnie (Nebraska)
Gans, Michael E. (Missouri)
Urbom, Warren Keith (Nebraska)
Abrams, Michael Raphael (Nebraska)
Abrams, David Gordon (Nebraska)
Ahmed, Jessica Amber (Nebraska)
Akhbari, Elyse Hanson (Nebraska)
Alexander, Cynthia Lee (Nebraska)
Allen, Michael David (Nebraska)
Anastasiadis, Demetri (Nebraska)
Anderson, Sarah Bloom (Nebraska)
Arthur, Elizabeth G. (Nebraska)
Ascher, Kerry Muldowney (Nebraska)
Barbour, Laura Alicia (Nebraska)
Barefoot, Natalie N. (Nebraska)
Barker, John Campbell (Nebraska)
Beato, Andrew Michael (Nebraska)
Beilke, Jared Wesley (Nebraska)
Bernstein, Stanley D. (Nebraska)
Billings, Kellie Elizabeth (Nebraska)
Bitter, Adam Nicholas (Nebraska)
Blankenau, Donald G. (Nebraska)
Bonilla, Jonathan Daniel (Nebraska)
Buchanan, Patricia L. (Nebraska)
Burden, Christina Marie (Nebraska)
Butler, Victoria Ann (Nebraska)
Campbell, John George (Nebraska)
Cantrell, Michael A (Nebraska)
Chastain, Lydia Jones (Nebraska)
Chesley, Stanley Morris (Nebraska)
Chisolm, Barney Jack (Nebraska)
Chizewer, David Joel (Nebraska)
Coglianese, Richard N. (Nebraska)
Cohen, Frederick H. (Nebraska)
Collins, Christine A (Nebraska)
Colmenero, Angela V (Nebraska)
Conners, Patricia A. (Nebraska)
Courtright, Paul Eric (Nebraska)
Crawford, Joseph Virgil (Nebraska)
Crowell, Anna Odella (Nebraska)
Cruz, Rafael Edward (Nebraska)
Cueto, Christopher F. (Nebraska)
Cuevas, Robert Anthony (Nebraska)
Dalzell, Kathryn M. (Nebraska)
Dancy, Rolesia Butler (Nebraska)
Deal, Matthew Allen (Nebraska)
Delaney, Royston H. (Nebraska)
Diacosavvas, Savvas Socrates (Nebraska)
Dunlap, Justin Edward (Nebraska)
Durrell, Suzanne E. (Nebraska)
Edwards, Thomas Haines (Nebraska)
Edwards, Jennifer Lynne (Nebraska)
Ellenbogen, David Henry (Nebraska)
Eubanks, Paul Clayton (Nebraska)
Ewing, Elizabeth R. (Nebraska)
Farmer, Gary Michael (Nebraska)
Farringer, Craig S. (Nebraska)
Ferguson, Amanda M. (Nebraska)
Flaherty, Maritsa A. (Nebraska)
Flynn, Sherrie Marie (Nebraska)
Foley, Elizabeth Price (Nebraska)
Frederick, Matthew Hamilton (Nebraska)
Friedman, Eli Andrew (Nebraska)
Frisch, Eric Jeffrey (Nebraska)
Froehlich, Joseph T. (Nebraska)
Furst, Robert Leonard (Nebraska)
Gallagher, Michael T. (Nebraska)
Gamble, Gwendolyn Millicent (Nebraska)
Garemko, Michael Alexander (Nebraska)
Garland, Cedell Ian (Nebraska)
Gentile, Mitchell L. (Nebraska)
George, William David (Nebraska)
Gitin, Deborah Anne (Nebraska)
Glogau, Jonathan A. (Nebraska)
Goldberg, Elizabeth (Nebraska)
Govorchin, A. Peter (Nebraska)
GOVT, Norman Garcia (Nebraska)
Green, Christopher L. (Nebraska)
Hacker, David Jonathan (Nebraska)
Hanneman, Suzanne Levinson (Nebraska)
Hargrove, Daniel L. (Nebraska)
Hartman, Michael Ross (Nebraska)
Haskins, Jesse Abraham (Nebraska)
Hauser, Stephanie L (Nebraska)
Hirst, Michael Andrew (Nebraska)
Hodges, David Wayne (Nebraska)
Hoene, Kathleen Marie (Nebraska)
Horowitt, Darryl J. (Nebraska)
Icaza, Bernabe Antonio (Nebraska)
Jennings, Sharon A. (Nebraska)
Johnson, Stephen Howard (Nebraska)
Jones, Daniel Alexander (Nebraska)
Jowers, MaryFrances G. (Nebraska)
Kaiser, Geoffrey R. (Nebraska)
Karpinski, Michael J. (Nebraska)
Kasameyer, Katherine (Nebraska)
Kauget, Harvey Stuart (Nebraska)
Kirkland, Clark Cassidy (Nebraska)
Kise, Christopher M. (Nebraska)
Kiziah, Katherine Ann (Nebraska)
Kneeland, Mishell B. (Nebraska)
Krieg, Eugenia Teresa (Nebraska)
Kroner, Jonathan Evan (Nebraska)
Kuehler, Natalie Nancy (Nebraska)
Kurtz-Citrin, Lynne Rachel (Nebraska)
Lake, Joseph Michael (Nebraska)
Leader, Cornelius Neal (Nebraska)
Leahy, Erin Bridget (Nebraska)
Ledbetter, Phillip L. (Nebraska)
Leopold, Theodore Jon (Nebraska)
Lubetzky, Darren H. (Nebraska)
Magnanini, Robert A. (Nebraska)
Markovits, Wilbert Benjamin (Nebraska)
Marshall, Edward L. (Nebraska)
Martin, Diana Leigh (Nebraska)
Matheney, Mary Brigid (Nebraska)
McCloud, Stephanie B (Nebraska)
McCormack, Rebecca Magill (Nebraska)
McEldrew, James Joseph (Nebraska)
McKenna-DOJ, Sean Robert (Nebraska)
McKinley, Matthew K. (Nebraska)
Meingast, Heather S. (Nebraska)
Meyer, Jessica Lynn (Nebraska)
Miami-Dade/Monroe, Noticing 2254 (Nebraska)
Miller, Matthew Bryan (Nebraska)
Miller, Tiphanie P. (Nebraska)
Mitchell, Jonathan Franklin (Nebraska)
Morgado, Dale James (Nebraska)
Murphy, Christopher (Nebraska)
Mustokoff, Michael M. (Nebraska)
Nannis, Veronica Byam (Nebraska)
Nash, Lyndsay Atkins (Nebraska)
Nelson, Frederick D (Nebraska)
Nelson, Margaret A. (Nebraska)
Nestleroth, Caitlyn A. (Nebraska)
Nimocks, David Austin (Nebraska)
North, Noticing 2254 (Nebraska)
O'Connell, Patrick J. (Nebraska)
Oldham, Andrew Stephen (Nebraska)
Olszewski, Edward J. (Nebraska)
O'Neill, John Ellis (Nebraska)
O'Shaughnessy, Patrick E. (Nebraska)
Oswald, Robert Scott (Nebraska)
Ozarowski, Magdalena Anna (Nebraska)
Pafford, William Glenn (Nebraska)
Patterson, Peter Andrew (Nebraska)
Patterson, Michael James (Nebraska)
PHV, Donald Cameron (Nebraska)
Pinson, Andrew Alan (Nebraska)
Pritzlaff, Craig James (Nebraska)
Pruitt, Edward Scott (Nebraska)
Robertson, Cassandra B (Nebraska)
Robinson, Bridget R (Nebraska)
Robinson, Christopher P (Nebraska)
Rodriguez, R. Andrew (Nebraska)
Rogers, Charles Stephen (Nebraska)
Rosenberg, R Edward (Nebraska)
Rudman, Samuel Howard (Nebraska)
Rudofsky, Lee Philip (Nebraska)
Ruzal, Jeffrey Howard (Nebraska)
Sadowski, Robert Wayne (Nebraska)
Schirra, Christine R. (Nebraska)
Schlag, Rebecca Forrest (Nebraska)
Schreiber, Charles Joseph (Nebraska)
Scott, William Clayton (Nebraska)
Shanahan, Thomas C. (Nebraska)
Shelton, Herbert Charles (Nebraska)
Shepperd, Eric Montgomery (Nebraska)
Shullman, Sarah Levien (Nebraska)
Siebott, Christian P. (Nebraska)
SilverSmith, Summer Christine (Nebraska)
Sirkle, Rebecca Haggar (Nebraska)
Sledd, Herbert Davis (Nebraska)
Spaccarotella, John C. (Nebraska)
Spohn, Katherine J. (Nebraska)
Stamler, Patricia A. (Nebraska)
Stein, Stefan Vaughn (Nebraska)
Stengle, Linda Jeffries (Nebraska)
Stevenson, Sarah Marie (Nebraska)
Taylor, William Andrew (Nebraska)
Terrell, James Michael (Nebraska)
Toth, Michael Christopher (Nebraska)
Trudgeon, Sara Elizabeth (Nebraska)
Tuite, Christopher P. (Nebraska)
Tulinski, Patricia M (Nebraska)
Valin, Donna Cecilia (Nebraska)
VanderZanden, Brian H. (Nebraska)
Vogel, Robert Lawrence (Nebraska)
Wallace, Gretchen H (Nebraska)
Walle, Erin McCarthy (Nebraska)
Warren, Sarah Hawkins (Nebraska)
Waxman, Erica Galpern (Nebraska)
Weilhammer, Nicholas J. (Nebraska)
Weinkle, James Alan (Nebraska)
Wells, Maurice Lawrence (Nebraska)
Williams, Kemisha Eiletta (Nebraska)
Wotring, Earnest William (Nebraska)
Wyrick, Patrick Robert (Nebraska)
Yanchunis, John Allen (Nebraska)
AUSA, Julie Saltman (Nebraska)
Bennett, Michelle Renee (District of Columbia)
Bressler, Steven Y. (Nebraska)
Caldwell, Stephanie A. (Nebraska)
Campbell-Levy, Leslie (Nebraska)
Cherry-DOJ, Mary M. (Nebraska)
Coffman, Frederick J. (Nebraska)
Connolly, Christopher Kendrick (Nebraska)
Crane-Hirsch, Daniel Kadane (Nebraska)
Danoff, Aurele Alfie (Nebraska)
Delery, Stuart F. (District of Columbia)
Farber, Molissa Heather (Nebraska)
Gershengorn, Ian Heath (District of Columbia)
Gov, Adam Grogg-Federal (Nebraska)
Gov, Michelle Renee (Nebraska)
Guadagnino, Charles A (Nebraska)
Gutierrez, Sandra Ema (Nebraska)
Hall, Christopher R. (Nebraska)
Hambrick, Jonathan Holland (Nebraska)
Hikida, Katherine M (Nebraska)
Hull, Joanna Berney (Nebraska)
Humphreys, Bradley P. (Nebraska)
Inactive, Ann Elizabeth (Nebraska)
Inactive, Michael A (Nebraska)
Kell, Gerald Cooper (Nebraska)
Kessner, Collin Mark (Nebraska)
Kirk-Kazhe, Christina V. (Nebraska)
Lantka, Peter Michael (Nebraska)
Lawrence, Matthew JB (Nebraska)
Leonardo-Beckmann, Diane C. (Nebraska)
Lieber, Sheila M. (District of Columbia)
Lievense, Andrew J. (Nebraska)
Lindquist, Susan J. (Nebraska)
Madsen, Bertrand Rolf (Nebraska)
Mahoney, Kathleen Anne (Nebraska)
Moore, Christina Bahr (Nebraska)
Nelson, James D. (District of Columbia)
O'Connor, Charles Michael (Nebraska)
Ricketts, Jennifer (District of Columbia)
Robinson, Stuart Justin (Nebraska)
Rosberger, Richard Edward (Nebraska)
Saltman, Julie Shana (Nebraska)
Schumacher, Robert W. (Nebraska)
Services, United States (Nebraska)
Siekert, Friedrich A. (Nebraska)
Stephenson, Kevin K. (Nebraska)
Tompkins, Nicholas C (Nebraska)
Torrance, Benjamin Henry (Nebraska)
Treasury, United States (Nebraska)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (Nebraska)
Andrapalliyal, Vinita (Nebraska)
AUSA, Christopher R (Nebraska)
Berwick, Benjamin L (Nebraska)
Chung, Evelyn Hyun-Jung (Nebraska)
Cranford, Margaret Terry (Nebraska)
Dodson, Joe Michael (Nebraska)
DOJ, Michelle Bennett (Nebraska)
Edwards, Karla Jackson (Nebraska)
Epstein, Matthew R. (Nebraska)
Gillingham, James Garland (Nebraska)
Goldsmith, Aaron Steven (Nebraska)
Goldstein, Nathan P. (Nebraska)
Goldstein, Elena Stacy (Nebraska)
Jafek, Timothy Bart (Nebraska)
Keen, Stanley Edward (Nebraska)
Kopplin, Rebecca Michelle (Nebraska)
Kruse, Elizabeth Marie (Nebraska)
LeMar, Harold William (Nebraska)
McEckron, Brooke D. (Nebraska)
Mock, Jasand Patric (Nebraska)
Moukalif, Monica R. (Nebraska)
Oswald, Craig Arthur (Nebraska)
Parker, Andrea Hedrick (Nebraska)
Parry, Robin Springberg (Nebraska)
Pharo, William George (Nebraska)
Pomeroy, Richard L. (Nebraska)
Rodenhausen, Patricia Manning (Nebraska)
Shepherd, Matt Stephen (Nebraska)
Smith, Mary Patricia (Nebraska)
Snell, Kevin Matthew (Nebraska)
Stark, Benjamin Andrew (Nebraska)
Taffe, Christopher V. (Nebraska)
Theis, John Kenneth (Nebraska)
Wofford, Lindsay A. (Nebraska)
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Last updated April 7, 2024, 3:09 a.m.
State / Territory: Nebraska
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Contraception Insurance Mandate
Key Dates
Filing Date: Feb. 23, 2012
Closing Date: Aug. 21, 2013
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
7 States (Nebraska, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Oklahoma, and Michigan) and various Catholic organizations and individuals
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Federal
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)
Constitutional Clause(s):
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Defendant
Nature of Relief:
Source of Relief:
Issues
Reproductive rights:
General:
Discrimination-basis: