MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 72-847.

415 U.S. 250 (1974)

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ET AL. v. MARICOPA COUNTY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Schroeder argued the cause for appellants. With her on the brief was John P. Frank.

William J. Carter III argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees.*


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents an appeal from a decision of the Arizona Supreme Court upholding an Arizona statute requiring a year's residence in a county as a condition to receiving nonemergency hospitalization or medical care at the county's expense. The constitutional question presented is whether this durational residence requirement is repugnant to the Equal Protection Clause as applied by this Court in Shapiro...

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