Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
14-181	2d Cir.	Dec 2, 2015	Jan 3, 2016	6-2	Kennedy	OT 2015

Holding: As applied to Employee Retirement Income Security Act plans, ERISA pre-empts a Vermont law that requires certain entities, including health insurers, to report payments relating to health care claims and other information relating to health care services to a state agency for compilation in an all-inclusive health care database.

Judgment: Affirmed, 6-2, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy on January 3, 2016. Justice Thomas and Justice Breyer filed concurring opinions. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Justices strike a blow against state health-care data collection (Ronald Mann, March 2, 2016)
Argument analysis: Justices spar over ERISA preemption of state health-care databases (Ronald Mann, December 3, 2015)
Argument preview: Justices to consider whether ERISA preempts state health-care databases (Ronald Mann, November 25, 2015)
Petition of the day (Maureen Johnston, December 5, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/13/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2014)
09/10/2014	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 15, 2014.
09/15/2014	Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
10/10/2014	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 6, 2014.
11/06/2014	Brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in opposition filed.
11/21/2014	Reply of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)
11/25/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014.
12/15/2014	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
05/19/2015	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
06/01/2015	Supplemental brief of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)
06/02/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 18, 2015.
06/03/2015	Supplemental brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed. (Distributed)
06/22/2015	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 25, 2015.
06/29/2015	Petition GRANTED.
07/09/2015	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner.
07/10/2015	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent.
07/16/2015	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2015.
07/16/2015	The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 13, 2015.
08/28/2015	Brief of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed.
08/28/2015	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
09/01/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Edward A. Zelinsky in support of neither party filed.
09/02/2015	Brief amici curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed.
09/03/2015	Brief amici curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed.
09/03/2015	Brief amicus curiae of New Hampshire filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association and Association of American Medical Colleges filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange D/B/A Access Health CT filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, et al. filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of AARP, Families USA, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), et al. filed.
09/04/2015	Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association and Vermont Medical Society filed.
09/25/2015	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
10/09/2015	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
10/13/2015	Brief of respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed.
10/19/2015	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
10/20/2015	Brief amici curiae of American Benefits Council, et al. filed.
10/20/2015	Brief amicus curiae of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association filed.
10/20/2015	Brief amicus curiae of National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans filed.
10/20/2015	Brief amicus curiae of New England Legal Foundation filed.
10/21/2015	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic.
10/21/2015	Record from the U.S.D.C. District of Vermont is electronic and located on PACER.
10/27/2015	CIRCULATED
11/09/2015	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
11/12/2015	Reply of petitioner Alfred Gobeille, in His Official Capacity as Chair of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board filed. (Distributed)
12/02/2015	Argued. For petitioner: Bridget C. Asay, Vermont Solicitor General, Montpelier, Vt.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.
03/01/2016	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Breyer, J., filed concurring opinions. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
04/04/2016	JUDGMENT ISSUED