Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Medical Society v. Dukakis
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 5, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-4312-KPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KEETON, District Judge.
In this civil action plaintiffs challenge the validity and enforceability of a state statute bearing upon the licensure of physicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter 475 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1985 (“Chapter 475” or the “Act”). Chapter 475 provides that the Board of Registration in Medicine
shall require as a condition of granting or renewing a physician’s certificate of registration, that the physician, who if he agrees to treat a beneficiary of health insurance under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, shall also agree not to charge to or…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Attorney General v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Massachusetts Medical Society v. Michael S. DukakisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Skinder-Strauss Associates v. Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
- Downhour v. SomaniCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Medical Society Of The State Of New York v. CuomoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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