WASH. STATE NURSES ASS'N v. WASH. STATE HOSP. COM'N

No. 84-4113, 84-4131.

773 F.2d 1044 (1985)

WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Robblee, Hafer, Cassidy & Price, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Chip Holcomb and Stephen Klasinski, Asst. Attys. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

This litigation illustrates the continuing tension between the interest of labor in improving wages and the interest of state governments in containing rising hospital rates. The State of Washington has granted the Washington State Hospital Commission the power to determine the maximum rates which each hospital in the state can charge patients. The Washington State Nurses Association, a labor organization representing nurses, filed this action...

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