Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. United States Department of Health and Human Services United States of America

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1996-12-04

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OPINION OF THE COURT ALITO, Circuit Judge: This case arises out of a debt of $800,885 that the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (“Pennsylvania”) owed the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). HHS notified Pennsylvania of the debt in June 1991. Pennsylvania initially balked at having to pay, but eventually, in June 1993,…

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