Legal Opinion
Turpen v. Rabun County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 17, 2001No. A01A1435PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
This case involves the thorniest of issues confronting local government. It is before us a second time and arises out of a citizens’ suit against the Rabun County Board of Commissioners and the Rabun County Hospital Authority (“the defendants”).
A group of Rabun County residents (“the citizens”) sued the defendants, seeking, among other things, a declaration that the defendants’ impending acquisition of a nonprofit hospital was void for failure to comply with the Hospital Acquisition Act (“the Act”). The trial court erroneously concluded that the Act did not apply, and the…
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