GRIFFITH v. SULLIVAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah F. Anderson, Greater Boston Legal Services, with whom Diane F. Paulson, Massachusetts Medicare Advocacy Project, Greater Boston Elderly Legal Services, Boston, MA, and Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., Nat. Senior Citizens Law Center, Washington, DC, were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Gerard Keating, Attorney, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the Gen. Counsel, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, DC, A. John Pappalardo, U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, Susan K. Zagame, Acting Gen. Counsel, Darrel J. Grinstead, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Henry R. Goldberg, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel for Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, were on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.