PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE, ETC. v. SCHWEIKER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn Bradford, Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom Thomas S. Martin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant. Kenneth M. Raisler and Valerie Schurman, Asst. U. S. Attys., and Katherine S. Gruenheck, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellant.

Michael G. Scheininger, Washington, D. C., with whom Martin J. Gaynes, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Patric Hooper, Los Angeles, Cal., was on the brief for amici curiae Los Alamitos General Hospital, Inc. et al., urging affirmance.

Before WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MIKVA, Circuit Judge.