Legal Opinion
O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1980No. 78-1318PublishedCited by 390 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question presented is whether approximately 180 elderly residents of a nursing home operated by Town Court Nursing Center, Inc., have a constitutional right to a hearing before a state or federal agency may revoke the home’s authority to provide them with nursing care at government expense. Although we recognize that such a revocation may be harmful to some patients, we hold that they have no constitutional right to participate in the revocation proceedings.
Town Court Nursing Center, Inc. (Town Court), operates a 198-bed nursing home in Philadelphia, Pa. In April 1976 it was certified by…
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