COM. OF PUERTO RICO v. SCHWEIKER

Civ. A. Nos. 82-2695, 82-2746.

550 F.Supp. 472 (1982)

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Plaintiff, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, et al., Defendants. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Plaintiff, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Lacovara, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., for Puerto Rico.

Martin L. Grossman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., for District of Columbia.

Judith Bartnoff, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for Puerto Rico and District of Columbia.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

These are actions by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia challenging the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny those jurisdictions certain funding for health care planning on the ground that the definition of "state" in the law rendering qualified states eligible for such funding embraces only the 50 states and excludes plaintiffs. The funds that...

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