NEW YORK STATEWIDE SENIOR ACT. COUNCIL v. LEAVITT

No. 05 Civ. 9549(LAP).

409 F.Supp.2d 325 (2005)

NEW YORK STATEWIDE SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL, the Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, Inc., United Senior Action of Indiana, National Alliance for the Mentally III: Maine, Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia, Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Congress of California Seniors, and Medicare Rights Center, Plaintiffs v. Michael O. LEAVITT, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aidan John Synnott, Jay Greenfield, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs.


OPINION AND ORDER

PRESKA, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Congress enacted, and on December 8, 2003 President Bush signed into law, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act ("MMA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1395w-101, et seq. The Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary"), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") is charged with implementing...

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