Hazelwood Chronic & Convalescent Hospital v. Caspar Weinberger

556 F.2d 981 | 9th Cir. | 1977

556 F.2d 981

HAZELWOOD CHRONIC & CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, INC., dba Kearney
Street Convalescent Center, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Caspar WEINBERGER, Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare, the United States of America, and Blue
Cross of Oregon, dba Northwest Hospital
Service, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 74-2210.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

May 27, 1977.
Rehearing Denied July 18, 1977.

1

Sidney I. Lezak, U. S. Atty., Vinita Jo Neal, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., Robert E. Kopp, David M. Cohen, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C., argued, for appellant.

2

Michael J. Gentry, Arden Shenker, Portland, Or., Arthur J. Crowley, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for appellee.

3

Before WALLACE and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON,* District Judge.

ORDER

4

On April 4, 1977, the United States Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this court and remanded the case for further consideration. --- U.S. ----, 97 S. Ct. 1595, 51 L. Ed. 2d 801 (1977). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is vacated and the cause is remanded to the district court for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court's opinion in Califano v. Sanders, 430 U.S. 99, 97 S. Ct. 980, 51 L. Ed. 2d 192 (1977).

*

Honorable Warren J. Ferguson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation