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Shalala, Secretary Of Health And Human Services v. Whitecotton

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Robert Thomas Moxley (on behalf of the Respondents)
Irving L. Gornstein (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
94-372
Petitioner: 
Shalala, Secretary Of Health And Human Services
Respondent: 
Whitecotton et al.
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1994-2005)
Opinion: 
514 U.S. 268 (1995)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 28, 1995
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 18, 1995
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Governmental Liability

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The Oyez Project, Shalala, Secretary Of Health And Human Services v. Whitecotton , 514 U.S. 268 (1995)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1994/1994_94_372)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Shalala, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 42 U.S.C. 300

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