SCOTUSblog: LIVE Announcement of opinions for Monday, June 27, 2022

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7. The next opinion is Ruan v. US.

5 minutes ago

We are now down to five decisions left for the term. WV v. EPA, Ruan v. US, Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Biden v. Texas, and Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.

Amy Howe

5 minutes ago

The next opinion is Ruan v. US.

Amy Howe

2 minutes ago

The petitioner in the case is Xiulu Ruan, an Alabama doctor who specialized in pain management. The government contended that Ruan had prescribed medicine outside the standard of care – for example, prescribing opioids when physical therapy or a detox facility would have been more appropriate. Ruan countered that he had always acted in good faith, making individual assessments of what each patient needed.

Amy Howe

Third, and last, #SCOTUS opinion is Ruan: Justice Breyer writes that, under controlled substances act prosecutions, the federal government must show that doctors knew they were acting (or intended to act) in an unauthorized manner https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1410_1an2.pdf

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