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UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. v. U.S.

No. 15-7.

136 S.Ct. 1989 (2016)

195 L. Ed. 2d 348

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Petitioner v. UNITED STATES and Massachusetts, ex rel. Julio Escobar and Carmen Correa.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

David C. Frederick , Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Malcolm L. Stewart for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Mark W. Pearlstein , Laura McLane , Evan D. Panich , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA, M. Miller Baker , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Gary A. Orseck , Mark T. Stancil , Michael L. Waldman , Donald Burke , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Thomas M. Greene , Michael Tabb , Elizabeth Cho , Greene LLP, Boston, MA, David C. Frederick , Derek T. Ho , Katherine C. Cooper , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Respondents.

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