Amicus Brief

The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.

AHA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Association of American Medical Colleges in a friend-of-the-court brief asks the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center violated its fiduciary duties by selecting a…
The AHA, 340B Health, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday urged the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd and District of Columbia Circuits to require drug companies to fulfill their legal obligations to provide 340B…
The AHA, 340B Health, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, and Children’s Hospital Association yesterday urged the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd and District of Columbia Circuits to require drug companies to fulfill their legal obligations to provide 340B…
The AHA urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a 9th Circuit decision that impliedly stripped federal district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedures and existence.
The AHA and other hospital and health care organizations urge the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to rehear Wit v. United Behavioral Health.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (“Chamber”), the American Hospital Association (“AHA”), and the Association of American Medical Colleges (“AAMC”) respectfully move for leave to file a brief as amici curiae in the above-captioned case in support of Defendants’ motion to…
The AHA joins the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Medical Association in urging the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court decision that refused to allow a case involving the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 to proceed in federal court and sent it…
The AHA joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Medical Association in urging the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a district court decision that refused to allow a case involving the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 to proceed in federal court and sent it…
Introduction Defendants have persuasively explained why the Complaint fails to state a claim as a matter of law. Amici do not seek to repeat those compelling legal arguments. Instead, amici can best assist the Court in another way: by providing critical information, based primarily on documents…
The AHA, joined by the Federation of American Hospitals, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Kentucky Hospital Association, Ohio Hospital Association and Tennessee Hospital Association today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and rectify a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that will…