University of Wash. Med. Ctr. v. Dept. of Health

187 P.3d 243 (2008)

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, Respondent,

v.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Petitioner.

No. 80264-5.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued May 8, 2008.

Decided July 10, 2008.

Peter Scott Ehrlichman, Brian William Grimm, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, Richard Arthur McCartan, Alan D. Copsey, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, for Petitioner.

Kathleen Dell Benedict, Narda D. Pierce, Benedict Garratt Pond & Pierce, Olympia, for Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 Under Washington law, certain medical services can be offered only by holders of a "certificate of need"…