The issue focused on whether business owners who raised medical concerns about federal laws should be permitted to sue the government for financial compensation.

This legal technicality was later expanded in court rulings. In 2013, a federal judge ruled that courts could not prevent attorneys from suing for attorney's fees if they're legally entitled to them. The Supreme Court agreed and sent the case back down to lower courts to determine how far courts can go to protect lawyers' rights.

If medical professionals wanted to sue the government for fees