Montana Deaconess Hospital v. Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services

Defendant-appellant, Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services of the state of Montana (hereinafter referred to as SRS), brings this appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered by the district court, Lewis and Clark County, in favor of plaintiff-respondents (hereinafter referred to as the hospitals), declaring the rights of the hospitals under a series of contracts entered into by the SRS and the numerous hospitals in Montana, which, as members of the class represented by the hospitals herein, provide services to the state of Montana under Title XIX of Public Law 89-97 (Medicaid), and…