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Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen

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Andrew J. Pincus (on behalf of the Respondent)
Leonard C. Homer (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-1764
Petitioner: 
Bethesda Hospital Assn.
Respondent: 
Bowen
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
485 U.S. 399 (1988)
Argued: 
Monday, February 29, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, April 4, 1988
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Judicial Review

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The Oyez Project, Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen , 485 U.S. 399 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_1764)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Bethesda Hospital Assn., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Medicare--provisions of the Social Security Act

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