METHODIST HOSP. OF SACRAMENTO v. SAYLOR

Docket No. Sac. 7869.

5 Cal.3d 685 (1971)

488 P.2d 161

97 Cal. Rptr. 1

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO et al., Petitioners, v. LOUIS F. SAYLOR, as Director, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Charles F. Forbes, Robert D. Girard, Bruce E. Clark, John R. Browning and Hermann E. Lorenz, Jr., for Petitioners.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, and Walter J. Wiesner, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

George Herrington and Orrick, Herrington, Rowley & Sutcliffe as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

This proceeding for writ of mandate is brought to test the constitutionality of the 1969 Health Facility Construction Loan Insurance Law. (Health & Saf. Code, ch. 4, pt. 1, div. 1.) As will appear, we conclude the law is constitutional and therefore the writ should issue.

Since 1879, article XVI, section 1, of the California Constitution has prohibited the Legislature from creating any "debt" or "liability...

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