Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1974-02-26

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Mr. Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents an appeal from a decision of the Arizona Supreme Court upholding an Arizona statute requiring a year's residence in a county as a condition to receiving nonemergency hospitalization or medical care at the county's expense. The constitutional question presented is whether this durational residence requirement is repugnant to the Equal Pr…

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