Originally published by David Coale.
John Dierlam doggedly pursued his religious-freedom challenge to the Affordable Care Act throughout that statute’s “serpentine history.” After considering his persistence in the face of constant statutory change, the Fifth Circuit reversed a finding of mootness, observing: “Ordinarily, when a case ‘has become moot on appeal,’ the court should “vacate the judgment with directions to dismiss.” But ‘in instances where the mootness is attributable to a change in the legal framework governing the case, and where the plaintiff may have some residual claim under the new framework that was understandably not asserted previously,’ we ‘vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings in which the parties may, if necessary, amend their pleadings or develop the record more fully.’” Dierlam v. Trump, No. 18-20440 (Oct. 15, 2020).
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