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Parties in Va. health care suit file more briefs

A federal statute that generally bars lawsuits challenging taxes before they are paid does not prohibit a federal appeals court from deciding two Virginia suits seeking to dismantle the Obama administration's health care overhaul, attorneys for all parties in the cases say.

By Larry O'Dell | Updated on June 02, 2011

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal statute that generally bars lawsuits challenging taxes before they are paid does not prohibit a federal appeals court from deciding two Virginia suits seeking to dismantle the Obama administration’s health care overhaul, attorneys for all parties in the cases say.

The Justice Department, the Virginia attorney general’s office and Liberty University took the same position in supplemental briefs filed this week with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

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