Texas Supreme Court justices grilled a state attorney on the state’s rationale for why a $16 million judgment should be upheld on a summary judgment motion in a Medicaid fraud case where there was no loss.

The court heard oral argument in Richard J. Malouf, D.D.S. v. State of Texas, a case where the state obtained final judgment at the summary judgment phase on allegations a dentist used his Texas Provider Identifier (TPI) number for services provided by other dentists.