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WILSON AREA SCHOOL DIST. v. EASTON HOSP.

747 A.2d 877 (2000)

WILSON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Borough of Wilson, and Northampton County, Appellants, v. EASTON HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Spry, II, Bangor, Ira Weiss, Pittsburgh, for appellant, Wilson Area school Dist.

David M. Backenstoe, Sol., for appellant, Northampton County.

Louis S. Minotti, Jr., Sol., for appellant, Wilson Borough.

Roland Morris, Larry Silver, Philadelphia, for appellee, Easton Hosp.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

The sole issue before us is whether Easton Hospital (hereafter "Hospital") operates "entirely free of a private profit motive," and is therefore exempt from real estate taxes. For the reasons set forth herein, we determine that in assessing whether the Hospital operates "entirely free of a private profit motive," the appropriate inquiry is whether the Hospital's surplus revenue is being utilized in furtherance of its charitable...

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