Hinsdale Sanitarium & Hospital v. Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital (Hinsdale), submitted an application to the defendant, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board (Board), for a certificate of need to construct a new hospital in the Romeoville-Bolingbrook area of Illinois. The Board denied Hinsdale’s application. Upon administrative review, the trial court reversed that decision as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. The Board appeals.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, the Board must approve a…