N. A. A. C. P. v. WILMINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Civ. A. No. 76-298.

491 F.Supp. 290 (1980)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Puerto Rican Civil Rights League, Inc., Older Americans Coalition, Wilmington United Neighborhoods, Brandywine Trinity United Methodist Church, Raymond W. Brown, Maria Galindez, for herself and as parent and guardian for her minor children Reynaldo Galindez and Pedro Galindez, Milagro Quinones, Denise Smokes, Maria Miran, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and City of Wilmington, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The WILMINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

May 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Shachtman of Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, Del., Marilyn G. Rose and Sanford Newman, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D. C., for all plaintiffs, except the City of Wilmington.

Jeffrey S. Goddess and Jerome M. Capone of City of Wilmington Law Dept., Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff City of Wilmington.

Rodney M. Layton and William J. Wade of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Wilmington Medical Center, Inc.


OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Once again this Court is called upon to consider the legality of "Plan Omega," the controversial proposal of the defendant Wilmington Medical Center, Inc. ("WMC") to relocate a major portion of its urban hospital facilities and services to a suburban location. The case has been in active litigation before this Court and the Court of Appeals for more than three and a half years and...

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