EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY v. SEBELIUS

Civil Action No. H-12-3009.

EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

East Texas Baptist University, Plaintiff, represented by Eric Christopher Rassbach , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Diana Marie Verm , Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Eric Shawn Baxter , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, James E Zucker , Yetter Coleman LLP & Scott A. Keller , Yetter Coleman LLP.

Houston Baptist University, Plaintiff, represented by Eric Christopher Rassbach , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Diana Marie Verm , Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Eric Shawn Baxter , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, James E Zucker , Yetter Coleman LLP & Scott A. Keller , Yetter Coleman LLP.

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Secretary Timothy Geithner, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Department Of Health And Human Services, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Department Of Labor, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Department of Treasury, Defendant, represented by Jacek Pruski , U.S. Department of Justice & Daniel David Hu , Office of the US Attorneys Office.

Westminster Theological Seminary, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Kenneth R Wynne , Wynne & Wynne LLP.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

This suit, one of many filed around the country, challenges certain implementing regulations of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The plaintiffs are nonprofit religious educational institutions alleging that the regulations are unconstitutional because they require the institutions to provide health insurance coverage for abortifacient drugs, related education, and counseling.1

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