HURON VALLEY HOSP., INC. v. CITY OF PONTIAC

No. 78-72970.

686 F.Supp. 608 (1988)

HURON VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., A Michigan non-profit corporation, and Martin Trepel, 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; 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.

May 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen, Milstein & Hausfeld by Jerry S. Cohen, Ann C. Yahner, Washington, D.C., Keller, Thoma, Schwarze, Schwarze, Dubay & Katz, P.C. by Anthony J. Heckemeyer, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff Huron Valley Hosp., Inc.

Russell & Dlugokinski by Dennis Dlugokinski, Berkley, Mich., for plaintiff Martin L. Trepel, D.O.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman by Kenneth J. McIntyre, Barbara Hughes Erad, Claudia Rast, Detroit, Mich., for defendants Maurice S. Reizen, M.D., Richard Reihmer, Bailus Walker, Jr., Ph.D., Herman A. Ziel, Jr., M.D.

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

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

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

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

Maxwell, Smith, Hanson and Mulvoy by Robert A. Maxwell, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for defendants Sisters of Mercy Corp.

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


OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

With this opinion, the saga of the Huron Valley Hospital comes to an end. After more than ten years of litigation and numerous published opinions in the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals,1 cross-motions for summary judgment have been filed by plaintiff2 and the four remaining individual defendants: Maurice Reizen, Bailus Walker, Jr...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases