APPEAL OF REHAB. ASSOC'S OF N.E.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon, Hall & Hess, of Manchester (Francis G. Murphy, Jr., on the brief and orally), for Rehabilitation Associates of New England.

Stephen E. Merrill, attorney general (Martha Pyle Farrell, attorney, on the brief), by brief for the State, as amicus curiae.

Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, of Manchester (Eugene M. Van Loan, III, on the brief), by brief for Capital Region Health Care Corporation, as amicus curiae.

Craig & Wenners, of Manchester and Choate, Hall & Stewart, of Boston, Massachusetts (William H. Craig & a. on the brief, and Paul W. Allison orally), for St. Joseph Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center and Catholic Medical Center.