Case Name: Laurence KAPLAN, on behalf of himself, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. SAINT PETER'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; Ronald C. Rak; Susan Ballestero, an individual; Garrick Stoldt, an individual; John and Jane Does 1-20 Saint Peter's Healthcare System, Ronald C. Rak, Susan Ballestero, Garrick Stoldt, Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-13
Citations: 693 F. App'x 98
Docket Number: No. 15-1172
Parties: Laurence KAPLAN, on behalf of himself, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. SAINT PETER’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; Ronald C. Rak; Susan Ballestero, an individual; Garrick Stoldt, an individual; John and Jane Does 1-20 Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, Ronald C. Rak, Susan Ballestero, Garrick Stoldt, Appellants
Judges: Present: McKEE, AMBRO, and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 693
Pages: 98–99

Head Matter:
Laurence KAPLAN, on behalf of himself, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. SAINT PETER’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; Ronald C. Rak; Susan Ballestero, an individual; Garrick Stoldt, an individual; John and Jane Does 1-20 Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, Ronald C. Rak, Susan Ballestero, Garrick Stoldt, Appellants
No. 15-1172
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States on July 7, 2017
Submitted on Remand July 7, 2017
Dated: July 13, 2017
Monya M. Bunch, Esq., Karen L. Han-dorf, Esq., Matthew A. Smith, Esq., Daniel S. Sommers, Esq., Michelle C. Yau, Esq., Cohen Milstein, Washington, DC, Ron Kil-gard, Esq., Keller Rohrback, Phoenix, AZ, Lynn L. Sarko, Esq., Havila C. Unrein, Esq., Keller Rohrback, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq., James M. Hirsehhorn, Esq., Sills Cummis & Gross, Newark, NJ, Katherine M. Lieb, Esq., Sills Cummis & Gross, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants
Patrick C. Elliott, Esq., Freedom from' Religion Foundation, Madison,. WI, for Amicus Appellee Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc
Richard B. Katskee, Esq., Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC, Daniel Mach, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellee Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Mark E. Chopko, Esq., Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellant Catholic Health Association of the United States
Daniel Mach, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellees American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
Jeremy P. Blumenfeld, Esq., Melissa D. Hill, Esq., Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellant Catholic Health East
Jared M. Haynie, Esq., Chipman Glas-ser, Denver, CO, James A. Sonne, Esq., Stanford Law School, Religious Liberty Clinic, Stanford, CA, for Amicus Appellant Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Mary E. Signorille, Esq., AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellee AARP
Hugh S. Balsam, Esq., Locke Lord, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Appellant Guidestone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention
Roberta L. Steele, Esq., National Employment Lawyers Association, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Appellee National Employment Lawyers Association
Richard H. Frankel, Esq., Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellee Pension Rights Center
Present: McKEE, AMBRO, and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
ORDER
Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge
By opinion and judgment dated June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the judgment of this Court entered December'29, 2015 be reversed. Advocate Health Care Network, et al. v. Stapleton, et al., — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 1652, 198 L.Ed.2d 96 (2017).
In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court, the opinion and judgment of this Court are hereby vacated. It is further ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the judgment of the District Court dated March 31, 2014 is hereby reversed. Costs are taxed in favor of the Appellants.