Judge: ACA Individual Mandate Didn’t Moot Subsequent 9th Circuit Ruling

Mealey's (July 17, 2015, 8:24 AM EDT) -- HONOLULU — Plaintiffs’ claim that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate mooted their case does not change the fact that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the preliminary injunction they obtained, a federal judge in Hawaii held July 15 in denying attorney fees (Tony Korab, et al. v. Rachel Wong, in her official capacity as Director of the State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services; Leslie Tawata, in her official capacity as State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services, Med-QUEST Division Administrator, No. 10-483, D. Hawaii; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92125)....

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