Legal Opinion
Sherley v. Sebelius
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 29, 2011No. 10-5287PublishedCited by 463 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Two scientists brought this suit to enjoin the National Institutes of Health from funding research using human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) pursuant to the NIH’s 2009 Guidelines. The district court granted their motion for a preliminary injunction, concluding they were likely to succeed in showing the Guidelines violated the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, an appropriations rider that bars federal funding for *390research in which a human embryo is destroyed. We conclude the…
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