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LINCOLN v. VIGIL

No. 91-1833.

508 U.S. 182 (1993)

113 S.Ct. 2024

124 L.Ed.2d 101

LINCOLN, ACTING DIRECTOR, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, et al. v. VIGIL et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin S. Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Starr, Acting Assistant Attorney General O'Meara, James A. Feldman, Anne S. Almy, John A. Bryson, and Andrew C. Mergen.

Joel R. Jasperse argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

For several years in the late 1970's and early 1980's, the Indian Health Service provided diagnostic and treatment services, referred to collectively as the Indian Children's Program (Program), to handicapped Indian children in the Southwest. In 1985, the Service decided to reallocate the Program's resources to a nationwide effort to assist such children. We hold that the Service's decision to discontinue the Program...

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