WILSON v. GORDON

No. 14-6191.

822 F.3d 934 (2016)

Melissa WILSON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Darin GORDON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael W. Kirk , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Samuel Brooke , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michael W. Kirk , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., Linda A. Ross , Carolyn E. Reed , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Appellants. Samuel Brooke , Sara Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Jane Perkins , Elizabeth Edwards , National Health Law Program, Carrboro, NC, Gordon Bonnyman, Jr. , Christopher E. Coleman , Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville, TN, for Appellees. Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which WHITE, J., joined. SUTTON, J. (pp. 959-60), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

Eleven named plaintiffs, residents of Tennessee who applied for Medicaid ("Plaintiffs"), filed a class action complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against Darin Gordon, the Director of the Bureau of TennCare, Larry Martin, the Commissioner of the Department of Finance and Administration...

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