MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASS'N, INC. v. KNUTSON

No. 58,833

239 Kan. 663 (1986)

722 P.2d 1093

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee, v. COLT KNUTSON, RILEY COUNTY ATTORNEY, Defendant, and STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel., ROBERT T. STEPHAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julene L. Miller, deputy attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, and Jeffrey S. Southard, deputy attorney general, were with her on the briefs for appellant.

Sam Brownback, of Manhattan, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee.

Wayne T. Stratton and Thomas L. Bell, of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds and Palmer, of Topeka, were on the amicus curiae brief for the Kansas Hospital Association.

Bradley J. Smoot, of Petefish, Canan & Immel, of Lawrence, was on the amicus curiae brief for The Manhattan Mercury.


The judgment of the court was delivered by

LOCKETT, J.:

Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., (Association) filed a declaratory judgment action to determine whether the Association was subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA). The district court found that the Association was not subject to the Open Meetings Act. The attorney general appeals.

The following facts were stipulated to by the parties.

Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., of...

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