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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Dec. 23, 2009

9th Circuit Slams Attorney General, Claiming An Ethics Breach

The federal appeals court accused on Monday Attorney General Jerry Brown of making false statements and "misleading the judiciary" in a long-running case over cuts to the Medi-Cal program.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had exceptionally harsh words for California's attorney general on Monday in a published order from a long-running case over cuts to the Medi-Cal program.

In unusually gruff language, the court accused Attorney General Jerry's Brown's office of making false statements and "misleading the judiciary," leading them to question the...

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