Overview
- The dispute began when Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued the American Academy of Pediatrics, WPATH, and the Endocrine Society in December 2025, accusing them of deceptive claims about the safety and reversibility of medical treatments for minors.
- The AAP sued Uthmeier in federal court in Illinois to block the state enforcement action and won a temporary injunction from U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly that found the suit was filed in bad faith.
- A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that injunction on Wednesday, allowing Uthmeier’s state-law case to proceed in Florida courts while the full circuit reviews the AAP’s appeal.
- Judge Michael Scudder dissented from the panel’s earlier view and warned that enjoining a state attorney general raises serious federalism problems, and a coalition of 21 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief supporting Florida’s position.
- The immediate effect is that Florida courts can begin fact-finding and discovery on disputed medical evidence and consumer‑protection claims even as constitutional and federal issues continue to be litigated on appeal.