District Court of Appeal of Florida
St. Vincent's Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Mem'l Healthcare Group, Inc., 1D05-1727
A declaratory judgment holding Florida Statutes section 408.036(3)(l) unconstitutional and summary denial of an equal protection claim are affirmed in a case involving the attempted establishment of a hospital where the circuit court properly found the enactment to be a special law disguised as a general law, in violation of the Florida Constitution.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/28/2006
- Published 04/28/2006
Judges
- KAHN, C.J.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- John R. Beranek, Stephen C. Emmanuel, and C. Gary Williams, of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee., Stephen A. Ecenia, J. Stephen Menton, Richard M. Ellis, of Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell & Hoffman, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.