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CALDWELL v. WALLACE

No. 83-7627.

755 F.2d 870 (1985)

Mollie T. CALDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George T. WALLACE, Governor of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Services Corp. of Alabama, Inc., Mary Ann Ross Stackhouse, Gadsden, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Terry K. Childers, Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, Herman H. Hamilton, Jr., Shapard D. Ashley, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

We observe at the outset that the adage, "hard cases make bad law," is best viewed as a caveat, not a mandate.

Mollie T. Caldwell, the appellant, is a 93-year-old resident of the state of Alabama. Mrs. Caldwell entered Jacksonville Nursing Home, Jacksonville, Alabama, in January, 1977. That same month she applied for medicaid benefits to pay for the cost of nursing home care. The application was approved, and Mrs. Caldwell began to receive medicaid...

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