Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Michael Anthony Carvin, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Stuart F. Delery, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Stuart Alan Raphael, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Amicus Commonwealth of Virginia. ON BRIEF: Yaakov M. Roth, Jonathan Berry, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Dana J. Boente, United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Beth S. Brinkmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Alisa B. Klein, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Michael E. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, D.C.; Carrie Severino, The Judicial Education Project, Washington, D.C.; Charles J. Cooper, David H. Thompson, Howard C. Nielson, Jr., Brian W. Barnes, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, for Amici Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Rob Portman, Senator Marco Rubio, and Congressman Darrell Issa. C. Dean McGrath, Jr., McGrath & Associates, Washington, D.C.; Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.; Bert W. Rein, William S. Consovoy, J. Michael Connolly, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Pacific Research Institute, The Cato Institute, and The American Civil Rights Union. Andrew M. Grossman, Baker Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for Amici Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon. E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General, Patrick R. Wyrick, Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Luther Strange, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama; Sam Olens, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia; Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia; Jon Bruning, Attorney General, Katie Spohn, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Alan Wilson, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Amici State of Oklahoma, State of Alabama, State of Georgia, State of West Virginia, State of Nebraska, and State of South Carolina. Rebecca A. Beynon, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Consumers' Research. Derek Schmidt, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Chanay, Deputy Attorney General, Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, Bryan C. Clark, Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas; Jon Bruning, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, for Amici State of Kansas and State of Nebraska. C. Boyden Gray, Adam J. White, Adam R.F. Gustafson, Boyden Gray & Associates, Washington, D.C., for Amicus The Galen Institute. Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, Cynthia E. Hudson, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Trevor S. Cox, Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Amicus Commonwealth of Virginia. Joseph Miller, Julie Simon Miller, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, D.C.; Andrew J. Pincus, Brian D. Netter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus America's Health Insurance Plans. Mary P. Rouvelas, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Washington, D.C.; Brian G. Eberle, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, Colorado, for Amici American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association. Clint A. Carpenter, H. Guy Collier, Ankur J. Goel, Cathy Z. Scheineson, Lauren A. D'Agostino, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Public Health Deans, Chairs, and Faculty. Elizabeth B. Wydra, Douglas T. Kendall, Simon Lazarus, Brianne J. Gorod, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Members of Congress and State Legislators. Melinda Reid Hatton, Maureen Mudron, American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C.; Dominic F. Perella, Sean Marotta, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus American Hospital Association. Matthew S. Hellman, Matthew E. Price, Julie Straus Harris, Previn Warren, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Economic Scholars. Robert N. Weiner, Michael Tye, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Families USA. Stuart R. Cohen, Michael Schuster, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C.; Martha Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program, Carrboro, North Carolina, for Amici AARP and National Health Law Program.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker and Senior Judge Davis joined. Judge Davis wrote a concurring opinion.
