CHISHOLM v. HOOD

No. Civ.A.97-3274.

110 F.Supp.2d 499 (2000)

Christina CHISHOLM, et al. v. David HOOD, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Hall Voigt, New Orleans, LA, Ellen Bentley Hahn, Advocacy Center for the Elderly & Disabled, Lafayette, LA, David Holman Williams, Peller & Williams, New Orleans, LA, Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program, Chapel Hill, NC, for Melanie Chisholm, Linda Ellison, Willie Mae Reams.

Lou Ann Owen, Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Legal Services, Baton Rouge, LA, Charles E. Daspit, Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals, Baton Rouge, LA, Stephen Robert Russo, Dept. of Health and Hospitals, Baton Rouge, LA, for David W. Hood.


ORDER AND REASONS

BARBIER, District Judge.

Before the Court are cross Motions for Partial Summary Judgment filed by plaintiffs (Rec.Doc. 50) and defendant (Rec.Doc. 56) which were heard with oral argument on July 19, 2000. Both motions are opposed.

In this case, plaintiff and other similarly situated individuals take issue with Louisiana's policy regarding the provision of medically necessary services to disabled children. They argue...

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