Legal Opinion
Holmes v. Hoemako Hospital
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1977No. 13220-PRPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
This matter is before us on a petition to review. The opinion of the Court of Appeals in Holmes v. Hoemako Hospital, 573 P.2d 491, from which the review was granted, is vacated.
Appellant doctor, H. Howard Holmes, is duly licensed to practice medicine in Arizona, and does so in the small community of Eloy, in Pinal County. He is in fact the only doctor in Eloy. The only hospital which can, and does, as a practical matter, serve this community is Hoemako Hospital in Casa Grande.
Hoemako is a private, nonprofit corporation whose medical staff bylaws provide that, as a condition of…
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