Supreme Court of Florida
St. Vincent's Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Mem'l Healthcare Group, Inc., SC06-1047
Florida Statutes section 408.036(3)(l) is unconstitutional as a special law enacted in the guise of a general law and without compliance with the specific requirements for the enactment of special laws because there is no reasonable possibility that any other hospital in Florida, except appellant, could meet the requirements of the certificate-of-need exemption provided by the statute before it expires.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/06/2007
- Published 09/06/2007
Judges
- ANSTEAD, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Major B. Harding and Stephen C. Emmanuel of Ausley and McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Stephen A. Ecenia and Richard M. Ellis of Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell and Hoffman, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.