Legal Opinion
Pereira ex rel. Pereira v. Kozlowski
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1993No. 92-2529PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
Through her parents as next friends, a three-year old child with terminal cardiac dysfunction brought suit seeking to compel the Virginia Department of Medical Services, which administers the Virginia Medicaid Program, to pay for a medically necessary heart transplant. After the district court entered an order enjoining the Commonwealth to fund the operation, 805 F.Supp. 361 (1992) this court denied a stay pending appeal, and the operation was successfully performed. Conscious of our limited role to interpret the law as enacted by Congress, we now affirm.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Susan I. MEUSBERGER, Appellee, v. Charles M. PALMER, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Dexter v. KirschnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Miller Ex Rel. Miller v. WhitburnDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1993
- Ellis ex rel. Ellis v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Pereira v. KozlowskiDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1992
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