Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Decided June 7, 1993. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-2079 · 508 U.S. 402 (1993) · Cited 532 times

Holding

Clause (ii) does not require the Secretary to afford petitioners an opportunity to establish that they are entitled to reimbursement for costs in excess of the limits stated in the regulations.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · 488 U.S. 204 (1988)
• Heckler v. Campbell · 461 U.S. 458 (1983)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. · 486 U.S. 281 (1988)
• Automobile Club of Mich. v. Commissioner · 353 U.S. 180 (1957)
• Watt v. Alaska · 451 U.S. 259 (1981)
• Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · 454 U.S. 27 (1981)
• Crandon v. United States · 494 U.S. 152 (1990)
• Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · 453 U.S. 34 (1981)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 420 U.S. 251 (1975)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers · 434 U.S. 335 (1978)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp. · 503 U.S. 407 (1992)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)
• Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc. · 358 U.S. 84 (1958)
• Aluminum Co. of America v. Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District · 467 U.S. 380 (1984)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. · 552 U.S. 312 (2008)
• Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital · 514 U.S. 87 (1995)
• Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki · 552 U.S. 389 (2008)
• Fischer v. United States · 529 U.S. 667 (2000)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Brown v. Gardner · 513 U.S. 115 (1994)
• Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank · 523 U.S. 410 (1998)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)
• Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Shalala · 525 U.S. 449 (1999)

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