Decided

No. 25-162

Tennessee v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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Docket Entries

Judgment Issued.

Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See <i>United States</i> v. <i>Munsingwear, Inc.</i>, 340 U. S. 36 (1950). Justice Jackson, concurring: Although I would require that the party seeking vacatur establish equitable entitlement to that remedy, I accede to vacatur here based on the Court’s established practice when the mootness occurs through the unilateral action of the party that prevailed in the lower court. See <i>Acheson Hotels, LLC</i> v. <i>Laufer</i>, 601 U. S. 1 (2023) (Jackson, J., concurring in the judgment).

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.

Reply of petitioner Tennessee filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 10, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 10, 2025 to November 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 10, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2025 to October 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 10, 2025)

Parties

State of Tennessee, Petitioner, represented by James Matthew Rice

Kennedy, Jr., Robert, et al., Respondent, represented by D. John Sauer

 
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