United States First Circuit

In a suit to recover money owed by Puerto Rico to a medical provider under federal Medicaid law, a district court decision denying the plaintiff payment under a preliminary injunction on the grounds that he lacked clean hands is reversed where there was no relationship between plaintiff's underlying suit against Puerto Rico for payment under the federal Medicaid statute, and a separate contract dispute with a municipality.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2007
• Published 05/18/2007

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Graham, with whom James L. Feldesman, Feldesman Tucker, Leifer Fidell LLP and Ignacio Fernandez de Lahongrais were on brief, for appellant., Francisco J. Amundaray and Mercado & Soto, P.S.C. on brief for Municipality of San Juan, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Luis A. Rodriguez-Muñoz, with whom Eduardo Vera-Ramírez, Eileen Landrón-Guardiola, Landrón & Vera, LLP, Roberto Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice, and Salvador Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, were on brief for appellee.