U.S. v. DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER

No. 07-1602.

557 F.3d 412 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles N. Raimi, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Teresa E. McLaughlin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Charles N. Raimi, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, Dennis M. Haffey, Dykema Gossett, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Teresa E. McLaughlin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Ted T. Martin, Baker & Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

Before: BATCHELDER, SUTTON, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The ultimate question in this case is whether the Social Security Act covers physicians participating as medical residents in a graduate training program conducted by a hospital group jointly with a university. The issue arises in a suit by the United States against the hospital group to collect social security taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act ("FICA") on the stipends the hospital group pays to the residents...

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