United States Sixth Circuit

Consent decree between Medicaid recipients and state health agency may bind non-party health care providers who provide Medicaid services for state under contract that stipulate they will comply with state regulations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/14/2001
• Decided 08/23/2001
• Published 08/23/2001

Judges

• Before:  JONES, DAUGHTREY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Hicks (briefed), Gary C. Shockley (argued and briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Nashville, TN, William B. Hubbard (briefed), William M. Barrick (briefed), Weed, Hubbard, Berry & Doughty, Nashville, TN, William L. Penny, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Nashville, TN, for Intervenors-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gordon Bonnyman (argued and briefed), Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Linda A. Ross (briefed), Asst. Attorney Gen., Nashville, TN, Sue A. Sheldon (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, General Civil Division, Nashville, TN, Jennifer Helton Hann, Deputy Atty. General, for Defendants-Appellees., Michael L. Roden, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.