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

No. 78-2970.

650 F.Supp. 1325 (1986)

HURON VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC. and Martin L. Trepel, D.O., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PONTIAC, a Michigan municipal corporation; City of Pontiac Hospital Building Authority, a Michigan municipal corporation; Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, a Michigan nonprofit corporation; Crittenton Hospital, a Michigan nonprofit corporation; Sisters of Mercy Corporation, a Michigan nonprofit 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 Massaron, and Terence E. Carroll, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lesinski, Krall, Murphy & O'Neill by T. John Lesinski and Michael F. Murphy, St. Clair Shores, Mich., John P. Morris, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Ariz., Cohen, Milstein & Hausfeld, P.C. by Jerry S. Cohen and Ann C. Yahner, Washington, D.C., and Russell & Dlugokinski, P.C. by Dennis J. Dlugokinski, Berkley, Mich., for plaintiffs.

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

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

Marvin L. Bromley and Edwin M. Bladen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., defendants Balius Walker, Jr., Maurice S. Reizen, M.D., Herman A. Ziel, M.C. and Richard Reihmer.

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

Long, Preston, Kinnaird & Avant by Grady Avant, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for defendants North Oakland County Planning Steering Committee and 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 and Terence E. Carroll.


OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

This matter is again before the Court upon defendants' motions for summary judgment.1 The defendants jointly moving the Court for summary judgment roughly fall into three categories. The first group is the hospital defendants, namely, Pontiac General Hospital (PGH), Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital (POH), Crittenton Hospital, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH). The second group is the organizational...

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