FEDS FOR MEDICAL FREEDOM 918 v. BIDEN (2022)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FEDS FOR MEDICAL FREEDOM; Local 918, American Federation of Government Employees; Highland Engineering, Incorporated; Raymond A. Beebe, Jr.; John Armbrust; et al., Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. Joseph R. BIDEN, Jr., in his official capacity as President of the United States; The United States of America; Pete Buttigieg, in his official capacity as Secretary of Transportation; Department of Transportation; Janet Yellen, in her official capacity as Secretary of Treasury; et al., Defendants—Appellants.

No. 22-40043

Decided: June 27, 2022

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.

R. Trent McCotter, Jared Kelson, Boyden Gray & Associates, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs—Appellees. Casen Ross, Sarah Wendy Carroll, Daniel Winik, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James Garland Gillingham, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, TX, for Defendants—Appellants. Gene Patrick Hamilton, America First Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae America First Legal Foundation. Jordan E. Pratt, First Liberty Institute, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae 45 Members of Congress, and 57 Members of Congress. John Julian Vecchione, New Civil Liberties Alliance, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Isaac McLaughlin, Gabriel Escoto, Michelle Ruth Morton, Waddie Burt Jones, Ryan Charles Biggers, Carole Leann Mezzacapo, Edward Bryan Surgeon, Susan Reynolds, Roy Kenneth Egbert, George Gammon, Doris Forshee, John Luff, April Hanson, Dan Parente, Steve Hanley, and James Rodden. Lowell Harrison Becraft, Jr., Esq., Huntsville, AL, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Health Research. David Anthony Dalia, New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae America's Frontline Doctors. John Clay Sullivan, SL Law, P.L.L.C., Cedar Hill, TX, for Amicus Curiae Airline Employees for Health Freedom.