King v. Burwell
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-114 | 4th Cir. | Mar 4, 2015 | Jun 25, 2015 | 6-3 | Roberts | OT 2014 |
Holding: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Section 36B's tax credits are available to individuals who purchase health insurance on an exchange created by the federal government.
Judgment: Affirmed, 6-3, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 25, 2015. Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas and Alito joined.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Symposium: Six Humpty Dumptys playing Calvinball (Michael F. Cannon, June 26, 2015)
- Symposium: Congress has a “plan” and the Court can understand it – The Court rises to the challenge of statutory complexity in King v. Burwell (Abbe R. Gluck, June 26, 2015)
- Symposium: Defining deference down (Adam White, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: Words still have meaning (Nicholas Bagley, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: Bypassing separation of powers to “fix” sloppy laws (Elizabeth Price Foley and David Rivkin, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: Economics beats formalism (Einer Elhauge, June 25, 2015)
- Opinion analysis: Saving the subsidies, saving the health care law (Lyle Denniston, June 25, 2015)
- A “view” from the Courtroom: Barbs and backslaps in two big cases (Mark Walsh, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: However King was decided, the future of American health care was going to come down to 2016 (Randy Barnett, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: The magical powers of statutory context (Thomas Fisher, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: The ACA is here to stay (Brianne Gorod, June 25, 2015)
- Court backs Obama administration on health-care subsidies: In Plain English (Amy Howe, June 25, 2015)
- Symposium: A decisive SCOTUS victory for the ACA that may bring an end to endless ACA litigation (Timothy Jost, June 25, 2015)
- Will concern for states’ rights win out in subsidies battle? Today’s argument in Plain English (Amy Howe, March 4, 2015)
- Argument analysis: Setting up the private debate on the ACA (Lyle Denniston, March 4, 2015)
- King v. Burwell updates: Kennedy concerned about consequences (Eric Citron, March 4, 2015)
- Continued updates on oral arguments in King v. Burwell (Last update 11:33) (Tejinder Singh, March 4, 2015)
- Mid-argument updates: King v. Burwell (Latest update: 11:06) (Eric Citron, March 4, 2015)
- Argument preview: Now, the third leg of the health-care stool (Lyle Denniston, March 1, 2015)
- U.S.: It has no fix if Court nullifies health care subsidies (Lyle Denniston, February 24, 2015)
- Justices to weigh subsidies for health insurance: In Plain English (Amy Howe, February 23, 2015)
- SCOTUS for law students: Interpreting statutes (Stephen Wermiel, February 18, 2015)
- D.C. Circuit steps aside on health care dispute (Lyle Denniston, November 12, 2014)
- Symposium: King v. Burwell and the plain meaning rule (Michael Rosman, November 11, 2014)
- Symposium: Seven myths about King v. Burwell (Michael F. Cannon, November 10, 2014)
- Delay sought on health care at appeals court (Lyle Denniston, November 10, 2014)
- Symposium: King v. Burwell – getting it right (as in correct) (Robert Weiner, November 10, 2014)
- Symposium: King v. Burwell – a simple case (Patrick Wyrick, November 10, 2014)
- Symposium: It’s way too soon for ACA opponents to celebrate (Brianne Gorod, November 10, 2014)
- Symposium: A welcome grant for a straightforward statutory case (Jonathan Adler, November 9, 2014)
- Court to rule on health care subsidies (Lyle Denniston, November 7, 2014)
- Symposium: The grant in King - Obamacare subsidies as textualism’s big test (Abbe R. Gluck, November 7, 2014)
- Symposium: The Court will hear King. That’s bad news for the ACA. (Updated: 1:25 p.m. Nov. 10) (Nicholas Bagley, November 7, 2014)
- Silence, and speculation, on health care (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, November 3, 2014)
- Health care subsidy challengers see dire problems soon (Lyle Denniston, October 14, 2014)
- Full D.C. Circuit will rule on health care subsidies (Lyle Denniston, September 4, 2014)
- Delay on health care subsidies case (Lyle Denniston, September 2, 2014)
- A plea to leave fate of health care subsidies to the Court (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, August 18, 2014)
- Pressing for speed on health care subsidies (Lyle Denniston, August 6, 2014)
- Commentary: The fate of the Obamacare subsidies in the Supreme Court (Tom Goldstein, July 23, 2014)
