26 soc.sec.rep.ser. 265, Medicare&medicaid Gu 37,959 Washington State Health Facilities, Association, a Washington Corporation Ulysses Rowell, Jr. And Virginia Rowell, a Marital Community Philip Gayton and Beverly Gayton, a Marital Community Triple C Convalescent Centers, a Partnership and Andrew Branch v. State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services and Gerald Thompson, Secretary, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services v. Centennial Villas, Inc., a Washington Corporation Villa Care, Inc., a Washington Corporation and Unicare, Inc., a Washington Corporation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees

879 F.2d 677 26 Soc.Sec.Rep.Ser. 265, Medicare&Medicaid Gu 37,959 WASHINGTON STATE HEALTH FACILITIES, ASSOCIATION, a Washington corporation; Ulysses Rowell, Jr. and Virginia Rowell, a marital community; Philip Gayton and Beverly Gayton, a marital community; Triple C Convalescent Centers, a partnership; and Andrew Branch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; and Gerald Thompson, Secretary, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Defendants-Appellants, v. CENTENNIAL VILLAS, INC., a Washington corporation; Villa Care, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Unicare, Inc., a Washington corporation, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 87-3882. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1988. Decided July 14, 1989. Allen T. Miller, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants. James R. Watt, Peter A. Deming, and Thomas H. Grimm, Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder, P.S., Bellevue, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. Jerry Kindinger, Richard J. Howard, and Thao Tiedt, Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the…