St. Michael's Convalescent Hospital v. The State Of California

643 F.2d 1369 ST. MICHAEL'S CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, a California corporation, St. Therese Convalescent Hospital, a California corporation, Margaret Carlson, doing business as St. Luke's Convalescent Hospital, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in his official capacity as the Governor of the State of California; the California Department of Health, the California Department of Benefit Payments, and the California Health Facilities Commission, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and Joseph Califano, in his official capacity as the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendants-Appellees. No. 79-4195. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 9, 1980. Decided May 1, 1981. Orrin L. Grover, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Ralph M. Johnson, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., John M. Fredenburg, Gen. Counsel, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before ANDERSON and TANG, Circuit Judges, and MURRAY, * District Judge. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1…