Legal Opinion
Whitney v. Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 1986No. 85-8129PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Douglass G. Whitney, M.D., W.D. Jordan, M.D., and Fred Shessel, M.D. (“appellants”) appeal from the judgment of the district court upholding the constitutionality of certain provisions of § 2306 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1395u(b)(4), (h)-(j) (West Supp.1985). See Whitney v. Heckler, 603 F.Supp. 821 (N.D. Ga.1985). Appellants make two primary arguments on appeal: (1) that the fifteen-month freeze on the fees that non-participating physicians may charge their Medicare patients violates substantive due process,1 and (2) that the civil penalties…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Flemming v. NestorSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Michael L. Burditt, M.D. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- New York State Ophthalmological Society v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce v. Milwaukee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Garelick v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
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