Trihealth, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners, Hamilton County, Ohio

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

This action presents a challenge to Hamilton County’s distribution of public funds for provision of indigent health care services. The County’s actions are alleged, by certain health care providers who have not received such funds, to have resulted in a denial of their due process and equal protection rights. The district court awarded summary judgment to the defendants. TriHealth, Inc. v. Board of Com’rs, 347 F.Supp.2d 548 (S.D.Ohio 2004). The plaintiffs now appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Since 1966, the…