No, the original lawsuit was in Florida brought by 26 states.
Judge Vinson, Florida, declared the law unconsitutional in January and more impotantly:
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.”
The Obama admin decided to ignore the ruling.
The litigants (I believe) were set to bring a contempt of court case against the Obama admin, but Judge Vinson gave them a stay as long as the appeal occurred “quickly”
I am suprised at the severability ruling in the appeals court, but have not had time to read it yet, so I am not so sure.
The reuters article states that the 6th circuit court of appeals had already found the mandate constitutional. I take it the 6th circuit ruling applies to whatever states joined this suit, and the 11th circuit ruling applies to 26 states who joined this one?
There are times when a appeals court ruling only applies to the states within its jurisdiction, i.e. Alabama, Georgia, Florida. I’m just trying to understand.