Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Petitioner v. Auburn Regional Medical Center et al.

Decided January 22, 2013. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 11-1231 · 568 U.S. 145 (2013) · Cited 544 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
• Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
• Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Shalala · 525 U.S. 449 (1999)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · 546 U.S. 500 (2006)
• Bowles v. Russell · 551 U.S. 205 (2007)
• Gonzalez v. Thaler · 565 U.S. 134 (2012)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Kontrick v. Ryan · 540 U.S. 443 (2004)
• Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · 309 U.S. 134 (1940)
• United States v. Beggerly · 524 U.S. 38 (1998)
• United States v. Brockamp · 519 U.S. 347 (1997)
• Young v. United States · 535 U.S. 43 (2002)
• Honda v. Clark · 386 U.S. 484 (1967)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Holland v. Florida · 560 U.S. 631 (2010)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · 545 U.S. 967 (2005)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · 503 U.S. 638 (1992)
• Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick · 559 U.S. 154 (2010)
• Rotella v. Wood · 528 U.S. 549 (2000)
• Scarborough v. Principi · 541 U.S. 401 (2004)

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• Fort Bend County v. Davis · 587 U.S. 541 (2019)
• Musacchio v. United States · 577 U.S. 237 (2016)
• Boechler v. Commissioner · 596 U.S. 199 (2022)
• Sebelius v. Cloer · 569 U.S. 369 (2013)
• City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n · 569 U.S. 290 (2013)
• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• Santos-Zacaria v. Garland · 598 U.S. 411 (2023)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Wilkins v. United States · 598 U.S. 152 (2023)
• Harrow v. Department of Defense · 601 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Riley v. Bondi · 606 U.S. 259 (2025)
• Arellano v. McDonough · 598 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, For Valley Hospital Medical Center · 597 U.S. 424 (2022)
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn · 604 U.S. 593 (2025)
• Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
• McIntosh v. United States · 601 U.S. 330 (2024)
• Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy · 605 U.S. 1 (2025)

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