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BENEFIS HEALTHCARE v. GREAT FALLS CLINIC, LLP.

No. DA 06-0240.

146 P.3d 714 (2006)

2006 MT 254

334 Mont. 86

BENEFIS HEALTHCARE, a Montana not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GREAT FALLS CLINIC, LLP, a Montana limited liability partnership; Essentia Health, a multistate not-for-profit health care system; Central Montana Surgery Center, Inc., a Montana corporation, d/b/a Central Montana Surgical Hospital; Harold Poulsen, an individual; and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, an administrative agency of the State of Montana, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 4, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: James H. Goetz, J. Devlan Geddes and Trent M. Gardner, Goetz, Gallik & Baldwin, P.C., Bozeman, Montana, Keith R. Anderson and Michael E. Barry, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.

For Respondents: Jon J. Kudrna and Robert B. Pfennigs, Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, Great Falls, Montana (Great Falls Clinic and Central Montana Surgery Center), Gregory G. Smith, Smith, Oblander & Mora, Great Falls, Montana (Essentia), Mark A. Jacobson, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Essentia), Richard F. Gallagher, Gregory R. Schwandt and Glenn E. Tremper, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, P.C., Great Falls, Montana (Poulsen), Russell E. Cater and Lisa Swanson, Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana.

For Amicus Curiae: J. Daniel Hoven, Mark R. Taylor and Daniel J. Auerbach, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C., Helena, Montana (Montana Hospital Association).

Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Benefis Healthcare (Benefis) appeals the order denying its request for a preliminary injunction against the Respondents entered in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County. We affirm.

¶ 2 We consider the following issue on appeal:

¶ 3 Did the District Court manifestly abuse its discretion by denying Benefis's request for a preliminary injunction?

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