County of Sacramento v. Lackner

Opinion

EVANS, J.

This appeal presents a controversy over Medi-Cal payments which plaintiff counties allege are due them from the defendants. Defendants appeal from a judgment granting the County of Sacramento, County of Alameda, and intervener County of San Mateo (unless otherwise specified, referred to as plaintiffs) declaratory relief and a peremptory writ of mandate. The judgment found that certain Medi-Cal payments made were insufficient in amount and directed reimbursement to the counties and declaratory relief.

In 1965, California adopted the Medi-Cal program (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14000…