W a Foote Memorial Hospital v. Department of Public Health

Defendant Department of Public Health appeals as of right from the trial court’s orders denying defendant’s motion for summary disposition based upon lack of jurisdiction, granting plaintiff Crittenton Hospital’s motion to intervene, and granting a writ of mandamus to plaintiffs W. A. Foote Memorial Hospital and Crittenton Hospital. The trial court’s orders prevented defendant from applying newly enacted and immediately applicable review standards to plaintiffs’ applications for certificates of need that were pending when the new standards became effective. We reverse.

In September 1992,…