FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

Decided June 13, 2024. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-235 · 602 U.S. 367 (2024) · Cited 261 times

Holding

Plaintiffs lack Article III standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory actions regarding mifepristone.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Summers v. Earth Island Institute · 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 570 U.S. 693 (2013)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880 (2008)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock · 477 U.S. 274 (1986)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. · 527 U.S. 308 (1999)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. · 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
• Fairchild v. Hughes · 258 U.S. 126 (1922)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• Tyler v. Judges of the Court of Registration · 179 U.S. 405 (1900)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Trump v. CASA, Inc. · 606 U.S. 831 (2025)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)

Official text

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2024). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).