Rayford v. Bowen

RULING

LITTLE, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This suit challenges the implementation of an amendment to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid statute (42 U.S. C. § 1396 et seq.), on a variety of constitutional and statutory grounds. The statutes allegedly violated are the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq.) and the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act (La. R.S. § 49:950 et seq.) whereas the constitutional provisions supposedly offended are liberty of contract and the contract clause. The plaintiffs are Robert A. Rayford, the owner of several nursing homes; the…