Fairhaven Corp. v. Tennessee Health Facilities Commission

OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Davidson County Chancery Court dismissing a petition for certiorari filed by Fairhaven Corporation, d/b/a Fairhaven Nursing Home.

Fairhaven owns and operates a nursing home in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee. In order to expand its facilities, Fairhaven had to obtain a certificate of need from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, the original defendant and appellee in this action. The Commission initially refused to *886give Fairhaven a certificate on November 20, 1974. After a rehearing before the Commission, Fairhaven’s…