Acara v. Banks

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Congress did not intend for a private right of action under HIPAA
• finding that Congress intended that HIPAA be enforced only by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
• noting that “[e]very district court that has considered this issue is in agreement that [HIPAA] does not support a private right of action”
• concluding Congress did not intend for private enforcement of HIPAA
• holding “there is no private cause of action under HIPAA”
• affirming motion to dismiss plaintiff’s suit against doctor for violating HIPAA by disclosing her medical information without consent and holding that “there is no private cause of action under HIPAA”

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Cited by

56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wilkerson v. Shinseki
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-06-02· cited 309×
• Dodd v. Jones
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-10-18· cited 145×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone, LP v. City of Houston
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-05-20· cited 130×
• Christopher Payne v. Jahal Taslimi
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-27· cited 111×
• Bonney v. Stephens Memorial Hospital
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2011-04-12· cited 107×
• Tyquan Stewart v. Parkview Hospital
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-10-22· cited 75×
• Rzayeva v. United States
  D. Connecticut· 2007-05-31· cited 71×
• Carpenter v. Phillips
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-05-04· cited 68×
• Wright v. Anding
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-03-17· cited 46×
• Polanco v. Omnicell, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2013-12-26· cited 46×
• Young v. Carran
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2008-10-24· cited 43×
• Wright v. Allstate Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-09-11· cited 29×
• Warren Pearl Construction Corp. v. Guardian Life Insurance
  S.D. New York· 2009-07-22· cited 26×
• Spencer v. Roche
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-11-08· cited 26×
• Hudes v. Aetna Life Insurance Co.
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-30· cited 26×
• Shafik Wassef v. Dennis Tibben
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-05-22· cited 26×
• Baum v. KEYSTONE MERCY HEALTH PLAN
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2011-10-05· cited 24×
• Montgomery v. Cuomo
  W.D. New York· 2018-03-05· cited 16×
• Menorah Park Ctr. for Senior Living v. Rolston (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2020-12-15· cited 15×
• Sheldon v. Kettering Health Network
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2015-08-14· cited 14×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cort v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 3,337×
• Alexander v. Sandoval
  Supreme Court· 2001-04-24· cited 2,468×
• Coury v. Prot
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-06-19· cited 438×
• Glen Kermit Till and Bettie F. Till v. Unifirst Federal Savings and Loan Association and Wortman & Mann, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1981-08-07· cited 95×
• Agee v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-07-28· cited 80×
• Casas v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-17· cited 42×
• Johnson v. Quander
  District of Columbia· 2005-03-21· cited 36×
• Banks v. Dallas Housing Authority
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-10-24· cited 35×
• Wright v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
  N.D. Mississippi· 1997-02-03· cited 29×
• ADM/Growmark River System, Inc. v. Lowry
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-12-05· cited 22×
• O'DONNELL v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming
  D. Wyoming· 2001-11-08· cited 22×
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority v. Denver Publishing Co.
  D. Colorado· 2004-08-02· cited 21×
• M.P. Means v. Independent Life & Accident Insurance
  M.D. Alabama· 1997-05-20· cited 6×

Other cases named Acara v. Banks

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Acara v. Banks
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2010-06-18