Legal Opinion
Cleveland Surgery Center, L.P. v. Bradley County Memorial Hospital
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 2000PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.
in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.
The plaintiffs/appellees, private health care providers, brought a declaratory judgment action alleging that the defendants/appellants were violating Article II, § 29 of the Tennessee Constitution which precludes any “County, City or Town” from either giving or loaning its credit to any private person or private business or becoming a stockholder with others in a private company unless an election is held and the qualified voters of the county, city or town approve by a three-fourths majority of the votes cast the giving or…
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- Stagner v. CraigTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
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4Cited by8 opinions
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