Legal Opinion
Doe v. Colautti
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 8, 1979No. 78-1828PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This ease presents a challenge to limits set by Pennsylvania’s medical assistance statute, Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 62 § 443.1 (Purdon Supp. 1978), for state benefits for hospitalization in private mental institutions.1 Using the pseudonym “John Doe,” the plaintiff sought declaratory relief and an injunction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare and others (collectively, the “State”). The injunction would have required the continuation of Doe’s benefits for…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Weinstein v. BradfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Bill W. Doe v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Colleen v. Ford v. Schering-Plough Corporation Schering Corporation Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Doe v. Hartford Life & Accident InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2006
- Margaret C. Wagner, by Her Next Friend George M. Wagner v. Fair Acres Geriatric Center. Margaret Wagner, by Her Next Friend, George M. WagnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Garrity v. GallenDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1981
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