REGIONS HOSPITAL v. DONNA E. SHALALA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (1998)

REGIONS HOSPITAL v. DONNA E. SHALALA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 1997
	Decided: February 24, 1998
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

REGIONS HOSPITAL v. DONNA E. SHALALA, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1998. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 1997.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Hospital, medical center
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Health and Human Services
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 522 U.S. 448
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.