1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 561 F.3d
  5. 561 F.3d 542 (2009)
 

BROWN v. TENNESSEE DEPT. OF FINANCE AND ADMIN.

No. 07-6163.

561 F.3d 542 (2009)

Lakersko BROWN; Katie Blackburn; Matthew McGowan; Shalyn Kiker, as class representatives; Disability Law and Advocacy Center of Tennessee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; M.D. Goetz, JR., in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Finance and Administration, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael W. Kirk, Cooper & Kirk, Washington, DC, for Appellants. Samuel R. Bagenstos, Ann Arbor, MI, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Michael W. Kirk, Charles J. Cooper, Cooper & Kirk, Washington, DC, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Appellants. Samuel R. Bagenstos, Ann Arbor, MI, Martha Michele Lafferty, Sherry Ann Wilds, Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, Kent E. Krause, Brewer, Krause, Brooks, Chastain & Burrow, Nashville, TN, Martha Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program, Chapel Hill, NC, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

The Tennessee Department of Finance appeals the district court's denial of its motion to vacate a settlement between the parties in a suit for Medicaid benefits. Tennessee argues that the agreed order approving the settlement should be treated as a consent decree and vacated under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) because an intervening decision of this Court, Westside Mothers v. Olszewski, 454 F.3d...

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