Employer Mandated Health Care

On Friday, February 8, 2008 the GGRA filed an application to Justice Kennedy of the US Supreme Court. The application asks the Supreme Court for an Order Vacating Stay of District Court Judgment Entered by the Motions Panel of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In practical terms, the GGRA is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn the stay order granted by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to the City of San Francisco. The 9th Circuit’s stay order allows the City to implement the employer mandate for healthcare expenditures during the City’s appeal of the District Court’s ruling in favor of the GGRA. The application to the Supreme Court is an independent legal action separate from the City’s appeal of summary judgment granted the GGRA by the District Court. A Supreme Court ruling in favor of the GGRA would remove the employer expenditure requirement during the appeals process in the 9th Circuit. The appeals process will continue independent of a possible ruling from the Supreme Court on the stay issue.

GGRA Appeal to Vacate Stay