LUZERNE CO. MED. SOC. v. BACHMAN ET AL.

No. 112 C.D. 1979.

51 Pa.Commw. 139 (1980)

Luzerne County Medical Society, Petitioner v. Leonard Bachman, M.D., Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pittston Hospital Association and Wyoming Valley Hospital, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Kates, III, Griffith, Aponick & Musto, for petitioner.

Reed Hamilton, Chief Counsel, with him Carolyn B. McClain, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.

Argued February 8, 1980, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, May 6, 1980:

The Luzerne County Medical Society (Luzerne) filed a petition for review in our original jurisdiction,1 seeking to enjoin the Secretary of the Department of Health (Department) from approving amendments to the articles of incorporation of the Pittston Hospital Association and the Wyoming Valley Hospital (Hospitals). The Department raises, by preliminary objections, the issue of our jurisdiction. It...

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