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· 9/26/1984

St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center v. Maricopa County

Citations

  • 688 P.2d 986
  • 142 Ariz. 94
  • 1984 Ariz. LEXIS 278

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an alien who entered this country illegally from Mexico could establish domicile
  • finding illegal aliens can be “residents” under emergency care statute because “ ‘there is no assurance that a [person] subject to deportation will ever be deported’ ”
  • undocumented alien may be a resident of county for purpose of receiving medical assistance under state indigent health care statute
  • undocumented aT;en may be a resident of county for purpose of receiving medical assistance under state indigent health care statute
  • undocumented aliens may qualify as county residents under statutes mandating that county reimburse private hospital for emergency care to indigents
  • undocumented alien may be a resident of county for purpose of receiving medical assistance under state indigent health care statute

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Judges: Feldman, Gordon, Hays, Cameron, Holohan

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