GUEST v. FITZPATRICK

Civ. A. No. 75-2306.

409 F.Supp. 818 (1976)

Paul I. GUEST, President of Methodist Hospital, et al. v. Emmett F. FITZPATRICK, Jr., Dist. Atty. of Philadelphia, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Crawford, Frank H. Abbott, Susan L. Carroll, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Bonnie B. Leadbetter, Philadelphia, Pa., for Fitzpatrick.

Howard Holmes, Philadelphia, Pa., for Kane.

Denis V. Brenan and William E. Zeiter, Philadelphia, Pa., for Blue Cross.

Before VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge, and LUONGO and WEINER, District Judges.


WEINER, District Judge.

This is an action brought by several hospitals, members of the Delaware Valley Hospital Council (hereinafter DVHC) for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, challenging the provisions of a Pennsylvania law, Act No. 94, 40 Pa.C.S. § 6124(c), effective August 2, 1975. Act No. 94 creates statutory requirements for the termination of contracts between hospitals and certain hospital plan corporations. Jurisdiction of this Court was invoked...

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