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BOUDIN, Circuit Judge. These appeals present constitutional challenges to section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), 1 U.S.C. § 7, which denies federal economic and other benefits to same-sex couples lawfully married in Massachusetts and to surviving spouses from couples thus married. Rather than challenging the right of states to define marriage as they see fit, the appeals contest the right of Congress to undercut the

MEMORANDUM TAURO, District Judge. I. Introduction This action presents a challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act1 as applied to Plain*236tiff, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Commonwealth”).2 Specifically,

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. 1 *212 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts brought suit on October 6, 2017, to enjoin the enforcement of two federal Interim Final Rules (together, the "IFRs") promulgated by the United States Departments

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 25-1611 AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION; IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS (UAW); BRITTANY CHARLTON; KATIE EDWARDS; PETER LURIE; and NICOLE MAPHIS, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; JAY BHATTACHARYA, in his official capacity as

GORTON, United States District Judge This case involves a dispute about the validity of two Interim Final Rules ("IFRs") issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of the Treasury and the United Stated Department of Labor (collectively "defendants" or "the departments") on October 6, 2017. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ("plaintiff" or "the Commonwealth") alleges that the dep

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:17-cv-02679 (TNM) v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Corinthian Colleges, Inc., once operated over

701 F.Supp.2d 182 (2010) Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, by its EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Plaintiff, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States;[1] Charlene Frizzera, in her official capacity as Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and Departmental Appeals Board of the Uni

LYNCH, Chief Judge. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts petitions for review from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (“NRC” or “Commission”) March 8, 2012 order denying the Commonwealth’s petition for review of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s (“ASLB”) denial of Massachusetts’s motion to admit a new contention, and other related requests (12-1404). The NRC rejected the Commonw

SHWARTZ, Circuit Judge. *555 The Women's Health Amendment to the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") mandated that women's health insurance include coverage for preventive health care. Through the Amendment, Congress directed the Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA"), a component o

Leibensperger, Edward P., J. The plaintiff, Middle-sex Integrative Medicine, Inc. (MIM), filed this action in the nature of certiorari under G.L.c. 249, §4 against the defendant, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Department), after the Department denied each of MIM’s three applications to operate Registered Marijuana Dispensaries (RMDs) in Massachusetts. MIM and the Department have each moved for judgment on the plead

638 F.3d 24 (2011) Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, et al., Defendants, Appellees. No. 09-2392. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard November 4, 2010. Decided March 11, 2011. Kenneth W. Salinger, Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney Gener

GORTON, United States District Judge This case involves a dispute about the validity of two Interim Final Rules ("IFRs") issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of the Treasury and the United States Department of Labor (collectively "defendants" or "the Departments") on October 6, 2017. The IFRs expand the religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Car

677 F.Supp.2d 397 (2009) Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS v. Kathleen SEBELIUS in her official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants. C.A. No. 07-11930-MLW. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. December 31, 2009. *398 Kenneth W. Salinger, Attorney General's Office Administrative Law Divisi

COFFIN, Circuit Judge, concurring. I concur in the judgment but write to clarify my views on two points. First, I agree with the majority that the Commonwealth’s prayer for declaratory relief falls outside the APA’s waiver of sovereign immunity for suits in federal district court because the requested declaration— that the cost of the court-ordered abortions is a reimbursable Medicaid exp

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 25-1555 JASON GRANT, ALLISON TAGGART, LISA PETERSON, and SAMANTHA LYONS, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. TRIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; BEVERLY J. CANNONE, IN THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT; GEOFFREY D. NOBLE, AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE; MASS

727 F.Supp. 35 (1989) COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, by its DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant. Civ. A. No. 88-0949-Y. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. December 11, 1989. Leah W. Sprague, Eugene B. Benson, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff. Leila Kern, Asst. U.S. Atty., for de

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SUPERIOR COURT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. GRUBHUB HOLDINGS INC. and GRUBHUB INC. Docket: 2184CV01719-C Dates: March 10, 2023 Present:

815 F.2d 778 55 USLW 2559, 17 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 323,Medicare&Medicaid Gu 36,229 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, By its DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICWELFARE, Petitioner,v.DEPARTMENTAL GRANT APPEALS BOARD OF the UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al.,Respondents.COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, By its DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICWELFARE, Plaintiff, Appellant,v.DEPARTMENTAL GRAN

SUPERIOR COURT MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND PAMELA SCANLAN Docket: 17 03554 Dates: November 23, 2018