Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-540	Oct 6, 2020	Dec 10, 2020	8-0	Sotomayor	OT 2020

Holding: Arkansas" Act 900 is not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on December 10, 2020. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Court rejects challenge to states authority to regulate pharmacy reimbursements (Ronald Mann, December 14, 2020)
Argument analysis: No clear consensus on states authority to regulate prescription-drug middlemen (Ronald Mann, October 7, 2020)
Case preview: Courts newest ERISA dispute will clarify states authority to regulate prescription-drug middlemen (Ronald Mann, October 2, 2020)
Justices to hear October arguments by phone (Amy Howe, September 16, 2020)
Court releases October calendar (Amy Howe, July 13, 2020)
Court releases April calendar (Amy Howe, February 21, 2020)
Justices grant three new cases (Amy Howe, January 10, 2020)
No new grants today (Amy Howe, April 15, 2019)
Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, November 20, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/01/2018	Application (18A130) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 6, 2018 to October 8, 2018, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
08/03/2018	Application (18A130) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 8, 2018.
09/26/2018	Application (18A130) to extend further the time from October 8, 2018 to October 22, 2018, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
10/01/2018	Application (18A130) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 22, 2018.
10/22/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 23, 2018)
11/06/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 23, 2018 to January 7, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
11/08/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2019.
11/21/2018	Brief amici curiae of States of California, et al. filed.
12/14/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to January 24, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
12/19/2018	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 24, 2019.
01/22/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 24, 2019 to February 28, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
01/23/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 28, 2019.
02/28/2019	Brief of respondent Pharmaceutical Care Management Association in opposition filed.
03/18/2019	Reply of petitioner Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas filed.
03/20/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
04/15/2019	The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
12/04/2019	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
12/17/2019	Supplemental brief of respondent Pharmaceutical Care Management Association filed.
12/18/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
01/10/2020	Petition GRANTED.
02/21/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2020.
02/24/2020	Brief of petitioner Leslie Rutledge filed.
02/24/2020	Motion for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Leslie Rutledge.
02/24/2020	Joint appendix (Volume I) filed. (Statement of costs filed)
02/26/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.
03/02/2020	Motion for leave to file Volume II of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of States of California, et al. filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of Community Oncology Alliance, Inc., et al. filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Inc. filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of National Council of Insurance Legislators filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of Arkansas Pharmacists Association, et al. filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of FMI and Twenty-Three Retail Trade Associations filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Specialty Pharmacy filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Alliance for Transparent and Affordable Prescriptions filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amicus curiae of AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of AARP and AARP Foundation supporting neither party filed.
03/02/2020	Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed.
03/03/2020	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1-Box)
03/19/2020	CIRCULATED
03/25/2020	Brief of respondent Pharmaceutical Care Management Association filed. (Distributed)
03/26/2020	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
04/01/2020	Brief amicus curiae of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
04/01/2020	Brief amicus curiae of America's Health Insurance Plans, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
04/01/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Society for Human Resource Management filed. (Distributed)
04/01/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Employers Health Purchasing Corporation filed. (Distributed)
04/01/2020	Brief amicus curiae of Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy filed. (Distributed)
04/01/2020	Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the American Benefits Council filed. (Distributed)
04/03/2020	ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED.
04/13/2020	Argument to be rescheduled for the October Term 2020.
04/20/2020	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
04/24/2020	Reply of petitioner Leslie Rutledge filed. (Distributed)
07/13/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
10/06/2020	Argued. For petitioner: Nicholas J. Bronni, Solicitor General, Little Rock, Ark.; and Frederick Liu, 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.
12/10/2020	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except Barrett, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion.
01/11/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.
01/11/2023	Record returned to the U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. (1-Box)