Phillip Truesdell, et al v. Eric Friedlander, et al

  1. April 09, 2024

    6th Circ. Ruling May Alter State Certificate Of Need Laws

    A Sixth Circuit finding that part of Kentucky's certificate of need law is unconstitutional shows that circuit courts are still figuring out how medical spending control statutes fit with modern U.S. Supreme Court case law.

  2. January 05, 2024

    Ky. Wants Justices To Undo Threat To State Healthcare Regs

    Kentucky is asking the nation's highest court to reverse a Sixth Circuit decision that suggests states can't use their four-decade-old "certificate of need" policies to regulate new entrants into a state's healthcare market.

  3. October 06, 2023

    6th Circ. Won't Rehear Ambulance Co.'s Suit Against Ky.

    The full Sixth Circuit has declined to hold an en banc review of a decision reviving an Ohio-based ambulance company's suit against the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services.

  4. September 05, 2023

    6th Circ. Partially Revives Ambulance Co.'s Suit Against Ky.

    The Sixth Circuit has revived part of a nonemergency ambulance company's commerce clause case against the state of Kentucky in a published opinion finding that while the state could restrict who provides in-state ambulance transportation, it is not entitled to an early win on the interstate commerce claims the company brought.