Case Status

6 results

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 02/20/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 02/20/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 02/20/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 02/20/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 06/25/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

WI DEPT. OF HEALTH & FAMILY v. BLUMER, IRENE (19720)

    Order dated: 11/21/01
    Docket number: 00-952
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the income first requirement of the Wisconsin Medicaid spousal impoverishment statute, Wis. State. 49.455(8)(d), requiring that the income of the institutionalized spouse be attributed to the community spouse before excess resources are transferred to the community spouse, conflicts with 42 U.S.C. 1396r-5.

An opinion has been handed down: