Goudy-Bachman v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., 811 F.Supp.2d 1086 (M.D. Pa. 2011)

(on government's motion to dismiss, court holds that mandate provision contained in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (codified at 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5000A) which requires persons to buy insurance as a condition of lawful citizenship or residency violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution; court stated that "the power of the Congress to regulate interstate commerce does not subsume the power to dictate a lifetime financial commitment to health insurance coverage"; the Congress cannot exercise police power under the Commerce Clause; mandate provision, along with guaranteed issue provision and pre-existing conditions health insurance reform provisions stricken from the Act).