HURON VALLEY HOSP. v. CITY OF PONTIAC

Civ. A. No. 78-72970.

585 F.Supp. 1159 (1984)

HURON VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., a Michigan Non-Profit Corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PONTIAC, a Michigan municipal corporation; City of Pontiac Hospital Building Authority, a Michigan municipal corporation; Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, a Michigan non-profit corporation; Crittenton Hospital, a Michigan non-profit corporation; Sisters of Mercy Corporation, a Michigan non-profit corporation; Comprehensive Health Planning Council of Southeastern Michigan, a health systems agency; North Oakland County Planning Steering Committee, a planning group under the auspices of Greater Detroit Area Health Council, Inc., a Michigan corporation; United States Department of Health and Human Services, an executive agency of the United States; Margaret Heckler, as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; Bailus Walker, Jr.; Maurice S. Reizen, M.D.; Herman A. Ziel, M.D.; Richard Reihmer; Paul Masseron and Terence E. Carroll, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

April 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Foresman, Southfield, Mich., Reed, Goldstein & Jenkins-Reed by Kenneth R. Reed and John P. Morris, P.C., Tempe, Ariz., for plaintiff.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone by Larry J. Saylor, Detroit, Mich., for defendants City of Pontiac and City of Pontiac Hosp. Bldg. Authority.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg by Roger K. Timm, Detroit, Mich., for defendants Pontiac Osteopoathic Hosp. and Crittenton Hosp.

Martin, Maxwell, Smith, Buhl & Hanson, P.C. by Robert A. Maxwell, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for defendant Sisters of Mercy Corp.

Riley & Roumell by Timothy M. Guerriero, Detroit, Mich., for defendants Comprehensive Health Planning Council of Southeastern Mich., Paul Masseron and Terence E. Carroll.

Long, Preston, Kinnaird & Avant by Grady Avant, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for Defendants North Oakland County Planning Steering Committee and Greater Detroit Area Health Council, Inc.

Charles Sorenson, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and Margaret Heckler.

Edwin M. Bladen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants Balius Walker, Jr., Maurice S. Reizen, M.D., Herman A. Ziel, M.D. and Richard Reihmer.


OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Huron Valley is a Michigan non-profit corporation organized to construct and operate a medical/surgical acute-care facility in Oakland County, Michigan. It has been issued a certificate of need (CON) for a 153 bed hospital, and is presently in the process of arranging for the financing and construction of this facility.

Count I of the complaint is a claim under Section 1 of the Sherman Act alleging that...

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