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Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v. City of Chattanooga

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1979PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This suit involves challenges to the constitutionality of two private acts establishing the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority (hereinafter the “Hospital Authority”), 1976 Tenn.Priv.Acts ch. 297, as amended by 1977 Tenn.Priv.Acts ch. 125.

In substance, the 1976 Act created the Hospital Authority to operate Baroness Er-langer Hospital, T. C. Thompson Children’s Hospital and other health facilities in order to provide consolidated health services to the residents of both Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

The 1977 Act expressly ratified and amended the former Act…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Dorrier v. DarkTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Richardson v. YoungTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Farris v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Memphis Street Railway Co. v. ByrneTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Shelby County v. HaleTennessee Supreme Court · 1956

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Gallaher v. ElamTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Ragsdale v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1982 PA 47Michigan Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Eye Clinic, P.C. v. Jackson-Madison County General HospitalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  5. State Ex Rel. Tipton v. City of KnoxvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006

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