Texas Ruling Invalidating ACA Is Appealed to the Fifth Circuit; US House Moves to Intervene | Practical Law
On January 3, 2019, the intervenor states in Texas litigation challenging the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) individual mandate appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit a district court ruling that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and the ACA itself is invalid. The states' appeal followed a federal district court order entering partial final judgment on its ACA ruling from December 14, 2018 (Texas v. Azar, (N.D. Tex. Dec. 14, 2018)). The district court also stayed its ACA ruling, and the remaining claims in the litigation, pending appeal.