Health Care Authority of Huntsville v. State Health Planning Agency

SHORES, Justice.

The Alabama State Health Planning Agency (SHPA) has granted a certificate of need (CON) to Crestwood Hospital and Nursing Home, Inc. (Crestwood), for the establishment and operation of an alternative birthing center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville, d/b/a Huntsville Hospital, contested the granting of a CON to Crestwood and filed a petition for judicial review with the Circuit Court of Madison County. Crestwood petitioned the Court of Civil Appeals for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit judge to dismiss the action in the circuit…