On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in Capito v. San Jose Healthcare System. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
The issue in the case is whether a hospital has a duty to disclose emergency room fees to patients beyond its statutory duty to make its chargemaster publicly available. The court granted review in July 2023. More about the case here and here.
This will be the third of four opinions in cases that were on the special October calendar in Fresno. The last October calendar opinion should file by January 6. Other argued but undecided cases are the three that were argued in November (opinions due by February 3, except for the People v. Hin death penalty appeal, in which the opinion isn’t due until February 6 because of supplemental briefing completed soon after oral argument) and the four on the December calendar (opinions due by March 3, except for the death penalty appeal in People v. McGhee; the case won’t be submitted — starting the 90-day clock — until the filing of the defendant’s supplemental reply brief, which is now due on January 6).
The Capito opinion can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
