Tennessee v. U.S. Dep't of State

S. THOMAS ANDERSON, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

*604Plaintiffs Tennessee General Assembly, in its own right and on behalf of the State of Tennessee, State Senator John Stevens, individually and in his official capacity, and State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver, individually and in her official capacity, have brought this action contending that federal laws requiring the State of Tennessee to provide Medicaid benefits to refugees, under threat of losing its federal Medicaid funding, coerce the State into subsidizing the federal Refugee Resettlement Program. Plaintiffs have sued the United…