Hosp. Corp. of Am. v. SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS

This appeal is from an injunction which enjoined the owners of a hospital to limit its operation to the care of patients who have an average length of stay of thirty days or more. Springhill Memorial Hospital (Springhill) initially filed the suit; the Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) and the Mobile Infirmary Association intervened as plaintiffs. The principal defendant is the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), a large corporation which owns hospitals throughout the country, including one hundred percent of the stock of defendant Doctors Hospital of Mobile, Inc.…