Legal Opinion
Ofelia Ibarra and Jose Prundea, on Behalf of Themselves and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Bexar County Hospital District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1980No. 80-1081PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
The defendants in this case are the Bexar County Hospital District (BCHD) and several of its members and officials. The dispute centers around the BCHD’s official policy of requiring all aliens who are not “legal residents” of Bexar County, Texas, to pay fully, and in advance, for nonemergency medical services, while not imposing the same requirement on legal residents of the county. The sole issue presented to this Court is whether the trial judge abused his discretion by dismissing the plaintiffs’ suit on abstention grounds. We affirm.
The BCHD was created…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United Home Rentals, Inc., Michael A. Livingston and W. Eugene Bushman v. Texas Real Estate Commission and the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Signad, Inc. v. City of Sugar Land and Walter WolfCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Brunson D. Moore v. El Paso County, Texas, T. Udell Moore, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Mozell and Delores Brooks v. Walker County Hospital DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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