WARD v. HUNT

Civ. A. No. 84-T-1612-N.

667 F.Supp. 782 (1987)

Monalisa WARD, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Guy HUNT, etc. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

July 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Spradling, Jr., Birmingham Area Legal Services, Birmingham, Ala., Lawrence F. Gardella & Tamara Young, Legal Services Corp of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., and Herman H. Hamilton, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Shapard D. Ashley, Counsel, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants Hunt & Horsley.

Mary Lee Stapp, James E. Long, Asst. Attys. Gen., Alabama Dept. of Pensions & Security, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant Hornsby.

John C. Bell, U.S. Atty., Kenneth Vines, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., and James N. Stephens, Acting Regional Atty., Edgar M. Swindell, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant Heckler.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Through this class-action lawsuit, the plaintiffs have successfully challenged the practice of the Alabama Medicaid Agency of "deeming," that is, automatically including, the income and other resources of an applicant's siblings and grandparents when determining the applicant's eligibility for benefits under the state Medicaid program. Ward v. Wallace, 652 F.Supp. 301 ...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases