United States Fifth Circuit
Comacho v. Texas Workforce Comm'n, 04-50649
The Texas Workforce Commission, which redefined the Texas work requirements under the federal-state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, is inconsistent with and thus preempted by the federal Medicaid Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/29/2005
- Published 05/02/2005
Judges
- EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Pieter M. Schenkkan (argued), Mary A. Keeney, Austin, TX, Bruce Patrick Bower, Texas Legal Services Ctr., Austin, TX, for Comacho, Grover and Texas Welfare Reform Organization., Kitty Schild, Jose R. Rodriguez, El Paso, TX, for El Paso Cty. Hosp. Dist.
- For Appellees:
- William David Iverson (argued), Priti Seksaria Agrawal, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Nancy Kathleen Juren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.