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Court Finds Child Has No Federal Right to Wheelchair

  • Organization: National Health Law Program
  • Document Type: Article/News
  • Date Created: Thursday, February 23, 2006
  • Submitted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
  • Attachment(s): LINK
From the American Constitution Society's blog:

Court Finds Child Has No Federal Right to Wheelchair
By Jane Perkins, Legal Director, National Health Law Program

Stating that "sympathy cannot be indulged to create bad law," Judge William Hodges, of the Middle District of Florida, has ruled that certain Medicaid Act provisions cannot be enforced under section 1983.