Biden v. Feds for Medical Freedom

Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot under United States v. Munsingwear on December 11, 2023.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
23-60	5th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., this court should vacate the court of appeals" judgment and remand with instructions to direct the district court to vacate its order granting a preliminary injunction as moot.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/09/2023	Application (22A1066) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 21, 2023 to July 21, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
06/09/2023	Application (22A1066) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 21, 2023.
07/21/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
07/25/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 21, 2023 to September 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
07/26/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 20, 2023.
08/23/2023	Brief of respondents Feds for Medical Freedom, et al. in opposition filed.
09/06/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
09/06/2023	Reply of petitioners Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/18/2023	Rescheduled.
09/20/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
10/10/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
10/23/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
10/30/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
11/06/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
11/13/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
11/27/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
12/01/2023	Rescheduled.
12/01/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
12/11/2023	Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to direct the District Court to vacate as moot its order granting a preliminary injunction. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950). Justice Jackson, dissenting: In my view, the party seeking vacatur has not established equitable entitlement to that remedy. See Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, 601 U. S. ___ (2023) (Jackson, J., concurring in the judgment).
01/12/2024	Judgment issued.