Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 29, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17–11930–NMGPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 departments' issuance of the IFRs violates the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") and the United States Constitution. The IFRs expand the religious exemption to the…
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