Kennedy v. Braidwood Management
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 27, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 27, 2025
- Docket
- No. 24-316
- Argued
- April 21, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
How the Justices voted
- Majority
- Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, Justice Kavanaugh (wrote), Justice Barrett, Justice K. B. Jackson
- Dissenting
- Justice Thomas (wrote), Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch
Oral argument transcript and advocates
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 2 Pages 748–830 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 27, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus KENNEDY, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. BRAIDWOOD MANAGEMENT, INC., et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fth circuit No. 24–316. Argued April 21, 2025—Decided June 27, 2025 In 1984, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force, a body that formulates evidence-based recommendations regarding preventive healthcare serv- ices. Congress codifed the Task Force's role in 1999, establishing it as an entity within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in HHS's Public Health Service. The Task Force currently consists of 16 volunteer members appointed by the Secretary of HHS to staggered 4-year terms. Before 2010, Task Force recommendations were purely advisory. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 changed this by requiring most health insurers and group health plans to cover with- Poaut gcoset s haPrinrg…
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