Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
In an action claiming that defendant-state violated the Medicaid Act by awarding a managed health care contract to plaintiff's competitors, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where 42 U.S.C. section 1396b(m) does not confer a federal right to contract eligibility on plaintiff that could be remedied under Section 1983.
Read AlohaCare v. Hawaii, No. 08-16589
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted May 15, 2009
Filed July 14, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Bybee
Counsel
For Appellant:
James L. Feldesman, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, Washington, DC
For Appellees:
John F. Molay, Deputy Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI