South Easton Neighborhood Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Easton

This case began with a request by Shore Health Systems, Incorporated (“SHS”), operator of the Easton Memorial'Hospital in Easton, Maryland (the “Hospital”), to expand the Hospital’s emergency room facilities. A prerequisite for construction of the planned expansion was the closure and conveyance to SHS of the roadbed of Adkins Avenue, a public street of the Town of Easton (“Town”), an incorporated municipality. The closure and conveyance would allow the new facility to be built across the existing public right-of-way.

A hearing was held by the Town Council to consider concurrently the proposed…