California Hospital Association v. Mario Obledo

602 F.2d 1357 CA 79-3227 CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, a nonprofit California Corporation, and United Hospital Association, a nonprofit California Corporation, Lindsay District Hospital, a District Hospital, West Adams Community Hospital, a community nonprofit hospital corporation, Van Nuys Community Hospital, a general partnership, Anaheim General Hospital, a California Corporation, Fresno Community Hospital, a nonprofit California Corporation, John Muir Memorial Hospital, a nonprofit California Corporation, Samuel Merrit Hospital, a nonprofit California Corporation, Roseville Community Hospital, a nonprofit California Corporation, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mario OBLEDO, Secretary of Health and Welfare, State of California, Jerome A. Lackner, M.D., Director of Health, State Department of Health, State of California, and David Matthews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendants-Appellants. No. 77-2220. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 27, 1979. Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., Joseph Califano, Sec. HEW Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Michael H. Cook, argued, Washington, D.…