| Moyle v. United States Idaho v. United States | |
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| Argued April 24, 2024 Decided June 27, 2024 | |
| Full case name | Mike Moyle, Speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives, et al. v. United States State of Idaho v. United States |
| Docket nos. | 23-726 23-727 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Decision | Opinion |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Preliminary injunction issued (D. Idaho Aug. 24, 2022); stay pending appeal granted (9th Cir. Sep. 28, 2023); stay vacated (9th Cir. Oct. 10, 2023); stay granted and certiorari before judgment granted (Jan. 5, 2024) |
| Questions presented | |
| Whether EMTALA preempts state laws that protect human life and prohibit abortions, like Idaho's Defense of Life Act. | |
| Holding | |
| The writs of certiorari before judgment are dismissed as improvidently granted, and the stays entered by the Court on January 5, 2024, are vacated. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
| Concurrence | Kagan, joined by Sotomayor; Jackson (Part II) |
| Concurrence | Barrett, joined by Roberts, Kavanaugh |
| Concur/dissent | Jackson |
| Dissent | Alito, joined by Thomas; Gorsuch (Parts I and II) |
Moyle v. United States, 603 U.S. ___ (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case about whether an Idaho abortion law conflicted with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The court initially agreed to expedite the appeal and temporarily allowed Idaho to enforce its abortion ban. After hearing the case, the court dismissed it as improvidently granted and restored a lower court order allowing emergency abortions under EMTALA. This returned the case to the lower courts without a ruling on the merits.