Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Mercy Hospital

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 23, 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.

This bill in equity for declaratory relief requires an inquiry into the meaning of St. 1972, c. 703, which amended G. L. c. 176A, § 1. Statute 1972, c. 703, regulates the relationship between hospitals in the Commonwealth and nonprofit hospital service corporations following the expiration of reimbursement agreements which the General Laws envision as the usual mode of defining that relationship. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth brought this suit on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Blue Cross, Inc. (Blue Cross), a nonprofit hospital service corporation…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Selectmen of Topsfield v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  2. Insurance Rating Board v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
  3. Calcagno v. P. H. Graham & Sons Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Town of Milton v. Metropolitan District CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  5. Martinelli v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Lantner v. CarsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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  3. Commonwealth v. BrooksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. WallaceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. GermanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979

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