STERN v. TARRANT COUNTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 83-1638.

778 F.2d 1052 (1985)

Paul A. STERN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant, v. George J. LUIBEL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Curry, Crim. Dist. Atty., Frederick M. Schattman, Fort Worth, Tex., for Tarrant County Hosp. Dist.

Bailey, Williams, Westfall, Lee & Fowler, Kevin J. Keith, Dallas, Tex., for Stern, et al.

Law, Snakard, Brown & Gambill, Alan Wilson, Fort Worth, Tex., for George J. Luibel.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, HILL and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

We reaffirm today the settled constitutional rule that state agencies may pursue legitimate purposes by any means having a conceivable rational relationship to those purposes. A decision that passes constitutional muster under the rational-basis test does not violate the equal protection clause simply because it violates a state anti-discrimination statute.

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