Legal Opinion
Conrad v. Perales
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 6, 1993No. CIV-91-846CPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
CURTIN, District Judge.
The primary issue in this motion to dismiss is whether trade associations invited by the State to help formulate a policy can be liable for civil rights violations if the policy deprives persons of their constitutional rights and benefits the clients of the associations. Plaintiffs Kenneth Conrad, et. al., are or are acting on behalf of Medicare patients at skilled nursing facilities in New York State who qualified for supplemental Medicaid benefits in 1989. They bring this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) against the New York State Department of…
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