New: Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, the judge who suspended approval of the abortion pill, in a now-sealed opinion held Planned Parenthood must face a trial in Texas' $1.8 billion lawsuit accusing it of defrauding Medicaid.
Why is the order sealed? You need a pretty good reason to seal court documents, and even more so orders and opinions of the court. I may be dense here, but I can't imagine what would justify it here.
To be clear the meritless theory of the case is PP does not possess a Time Machine, billed Tx Medicaid 2015–21 while Texas was attempting to terminate PP’s contract
This is a qui tam case, meaning if Texas wins then some right-wing activist could collect a ~$570 million judgment