8th Cir. 16-3186 Case History

Tovar v. Essentia Health
No. 16-3186, Docket 

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Panel: Judges Duane Benton, C. Arlen Beam, Diana E. Murphy

Appealed from :

• Tovar v. Essentia Health  (D. Minn., No. 0:16-cv-00100)
  • Opinion and Order and Judgment (05/11/16)
    • Granting Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss
  • Amended Judgment (06/23/2016)
    • Dismissing count three with prejudice and adding HealthPartners Administrators, Inc., as a Defendant
  • Notice of Appeal (07/12/2016)

OPINION

• Opinion, Circuit Judge Murphy (05/24/2017); Judgment
  • Dissent (page 12): Circuit Judge Benton
• Mandate (07/13/2017)

PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

• Appellant’s Petition (06/07/2017)
• ORDER – Denied (07/06/2017)

BRIEFS ON THE MERITS

• Appellant’s Brief and Addendum (10/05/2016)
• Appellees’ Briefs (11/07/2016)
  • Essentia Health and Innovis Health
  • HealthPartners and HealthPartners Administrators
    • Citation of Supplemental Authority (02/09/2017)
• Appellant’s Reply Brief (11/23/2016)
• Joint Supplement to Record (03/06/2017)

Amicus Brief in support of Appellant and in favor of reversal

• Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (10/25/2016)

ORAL ARGUMENT

• Oral argument held Tuesday, March 7, 2017; Audio
  • Before Judges Benton, Beam, Murphy
  • United States Courthouse
    316 North Robert Street
    St. Paul, MN. 55101

• Calendar
• Presenting Argument (15 minutes per side)
  • Jill Gaulding, for Appellant Brittany R. Tovar
  • David M. Wilk, for Appellees HealthPartners and HealthPartners Administrators
  • Lisa Edison-Smith, for Appellees Essentia Health and Innovis Health

CASE MANAGEMENT

• Case Docketed July 25, 2016
  • Originating case documents
• Briefing Order (07/25/2016)
  • Appellants’ Motion for extension of time to file (08/02/2016); Granted, brief due Nov 04, 2016
• Appellant’s Statement of Issues (08/09/2016)

Current through Docket # 13253206, 07/13/2017