Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.

Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 31, 2015
Full case name	Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.
Citations	575 U.S. 320 ( more )
Holding
The Supremacy Clause does not confer a private right of action.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas  · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer  · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor  · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia (Parts I, II, III), joined by Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Alito
Plurality	Scalia (Part IV), joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito
Concurrence	Breyer (in part)
Dissent	Sotomayor, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Kagan

Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., 575 U.S. 320(2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Supremacy Clause does not confer a private right of action. ^[1]

Background

Providers of "habilitation services" under Idaho's Medicaid plan are reimbursed by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Section 30(A) of the Medicaid Act requires Idaho's plan to "assure that payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care" while "safeguard[ing] against unnecessary utilization of... care and services." Exceptional Child Center, the providers of habilitation services, sued a group of Idaho Health and Welfare Department officials including Armstrong, claiming that Idaho reimbursed them at rates lower than Section 30(A) permits, and seeking to enjoin petitioners to increase these rates. The federal district court entered summary judgment for the providers. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, concluding that the Supremacy Clause gave the providers an implied right of action, and that they could sue under this implied right of action to seek an injunction requiring Idaho to comply with Section 30(a).

Opinion of the court

The Supreme Court issued an opinion on March 31, 2015. ^[1]

References

1. Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., 575 U.S. 320 (2015).

External links

• Text of Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc., 575 U.S. 320(2015) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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