Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Digital Equipment Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Washington

Digit. Equip. Corp. v. Dep’t of Revenue of Wash., 520 U.S. 1273 (1997)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-06-16
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • reversing conviction where there was no evidence of harm to patients from scheme in which hospital paid kickbacks to referring psychologist
  • “This circuit and others have understood Harlow [v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982)] to allow inquiry into subjective motivation where an otherwise constitutional act becomes unconstitutional only when performed with some sort of forbidden motive ...”

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Digital Equipment Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Washington. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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Sup. Ct. Wash. Certiorari denied.