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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	ARMSTRONG v. EXCEPTIONAL CHILD CENTER, INC. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 31, 2015
Date Argument	January 20, 2015
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	2015 U.S. LEXIS 2329
Docket	14-15

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Idaho U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact Idaho
Respondent	medical or Medicaid claimant

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	JUDICIAL POWER Standing To Sue: Private Or Implied Cause Of Action CONSTITUTION Article VI, Section 2 (supremacy clause)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito regular concurrence Breyer dissent Kennedy Ginsburg Sotomayor Kagan
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CIVIL RIGHTS Poverty Law, Statutory: Welfare Benefits, Typically Under Some Social Security Act Provision. FEDERAL STATUTE Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito regular concurrence Breyer dissent Kennedy Ginsburg Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2014-039-01

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