Legal Opinion
Cook v. Ochsner Foundation Hospital
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 25, 1970No. Civ. A. 70-1969PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF REASONS
COMISKEY, District Judge.
In this class action the plaintiffs seek, inter alia, to compel the defendant hospitals to provide a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay therefor. The defendants, ten hospitals and the Director of the Louisiana State Department of Hospitals, have filed numerous pre-trial motions. It is the opinion of this Court that the most serious contention raised by the defendants is that the plaintiffs’ two causes of action brought under the Hill-Burton Act, 42 U.S.C. § 291 et seq., should be dismissed. Consequently, we will limit our…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 356, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,166 Pete Gomez v. Florida State Employment ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Floyd T. Stanturf v. Donald SipesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Stanturf v. SipesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1963
3Cited by38 opinions
- Rafaela Euresti v. Richard Stenner, as Administrator of the Weld County General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- American Hospital Association v. Richard S. Schweiker, and Illinois Migrant Council, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Gordon v. Forsyth County Hospital Authority, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1976
- Uneeda Davis v. Ball Memorial Hospital Association Patricia Roberts Harris, in Her Capacity as Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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