Legal Opinion
City of El Centro v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 28, 1990No. 90-5003PublishedCited by 303 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee City of El Centro, State of California, owns and operates El Centro Community Hospital (ECCH). ECCH found itself treating 14 illegal aliens injured, some seriously, when the vehicle in which they were riding crashed while attempting to flee United States Border Patrol agents. The course of treatment of these individuals incurred $183,263.64 in costs for ECCH. ECCH requested defendant-appellant United States Government to pay these costs. The Government refused to pay. The Claims Court found an implied-in-fact contract and granted relief to ECCH. City…
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