St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District v. Department of Health & Human Resources

ORDER AND REASONS

CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and the defendants’ cross-motions to dismiss and for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the Court grants the plaintiffs’ motion in part and denies it in part, denies the defendants’ cross-motion to dismiss, and grants the defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment in part and denies it in part.

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