Legal Opinion
City of El Centro v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 16, 1989No. 208-86-CPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*501OPINION AND ORDER
TURNER, Judge.
The City of El Centro, California, as owner and operator of El Centro Community Hospital (ECCH), claims entitlement to compensation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service for medical care rendered to 14 illegal aliens. The aliens had been injured in an accident following a high-speed chase initiated by agents of the Border Patrol. El Centro seeks payment of $183,263.64 in medical bills, plus interest, under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(c) and 42 U.S.C. § 249, or, alternatively, under an alleged implied-in-fact contract.
The case was tried in San Diego on December 17…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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