Humana of Tennessee v. Tennessee Health Facilities Commission

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case arises under the Tennessee Health Facilities Act of 1973, T.C.A. § 53-5401 et seq. After administrative procedures and hearings provided for in the statutes, the Health Facilities Commission granted a certificate of need to appellee University Medical Center, Inc., authorizing it to construct a sixty-five-bed specialty care hospital in Wilson County, Tennessee.

The application was opposed at all administrative stages by appellant, which owns and operates a 137-bed general care hospital in Wilson County. Appellant sought review of the final order of the…