West Virginia Dep't of Health and Human Resources V. E.H.

Petition for Certiorari

A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the West Virginia Dep't of Health and Human Resources v. E.H. case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari).

Issue

Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) Whether a court may abdicate to a state executive agency its duty under the Supremacy Clause to determine whether state law has been preempted; and (2) whether the Privacy Rule, which forbids the disclosure of a patient's records without patient authorization, preempts West Virginia state law, which requires the disclosure of patient records without patient authorization.

Details

Docket

The Court gives, in its calendar of cases scheduled, the following docket number to the West Virginia Dep't of Health and Human Resources v. E.H. case: 15-1142. This Supreme Court's docket shows all the official actions in the West Virginia Dep't of Health and Human Resources v. E.H. case.