National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association

Application for stay of district court judgments is granted in part and denied in part on Aug. 21, 2025. Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would deny in full. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant in full.

Docket No.25A103

Op. Below1st Cir.

FiledJul 24, 2025

OpinionAug 21, 2025

TermOctober Term 2025

SCOTUS Page Opinion

Judgment

Application for stay is granted in part and denied in part on Aug 21, 2025. Justice Barrett filed a concurring opinion. Chief Justice Roberts filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, joined by Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. Justice Gorsuch filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, joined by Justice Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Jackson filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jul 24, 2025

Application (25A103) for a stay, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Jul 25, 2025

Response to application (25A103) requested by Justice Jackson, due by 4p.m. (EDT) on August 1, 2025.

Aug 1, 2025

Response to application from respondents Massachusetts, et al. filed.Aug 1, 2025

Response to application from respondents American Public Health Association, et al. filed.Aug 1, 2025

Brief amicus curiae of The Association of American Medical Colleges, et al. filed.Aug 1, 2025

Brief amicus curiae of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Cell Biology filed.Aug 4, 2025

Reply of applicant National Institutes of Health, et al. filed.

Aug 21, 2025

Application (25A103) referred to the Court.

Aug 21, 2025

Application (25A103) for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted in part and denied in part. The application is granted as to the District Court’s judgments vacating the Government’s termination of various research-related grants. See Department of Ed. v. California, 604 U. S. ___ (2025) (per curiam). [See Detached Opinion for full order language] The application is otherwise denied. The Chief Justice, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application in full. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the application in full. (Detached Opinion) Justice Barrett concurs. (Detached Opinion) The Chief Justice, with whom Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson join, concurs in parts and dissents in part. (Detached Opinion) Justice Gorsuch, with whom Justice Kavanaugh joins, concurs in part and dissents in part. (Detached Opinion) Justice Kavanaugh concurs in part and dissents in part. (Detached Opinion) Justice Jackson concurs in part and dissents in part. (Detached Opinion)

Recommended Citation: National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/national-institutes-of-health-v-american-public-health-association/