Legal Opinion
Pinneke v. Preisser
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1980No. 79-1551PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants are state and local officials in charge of administering the State of Iowa’s Medicaid program. They appeal from the District Court’s1 order requiring them to reimburse Appellee-Plaintiff Pinneke $3,024.52 for her expenses incurred for sex reassignment surgery and awarding her $500 as compensation for mental anguish and suffering resulting from the wrongful denial of benefits, together with attorney fees. Appellate jurisdiction rests upon 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976). We affirm.
Pinneke began life as a male, but quickly became uncomfortable with the…
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- White v. BealCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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