Legal Opinion
West Virginia v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2002No. 01-1443PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge HOWARD joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge.
The State of West Virginia brought this action against the United States Department of Health and Human Services and its Secretary (together, “HHS”) challenging, on Tenth Amendment grounds,1 the constitutionality of amendments to the federal Medicaid program that require West Virginia to adopt a program to recover *284certain Medicaid expenditures from the estates of deceased Medicaid beneficiaries. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of…
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- Constantine v. Rectors of George Mason UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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