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Central Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Health

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jan 3, 1979
384 N.E.2d 1217 (Mass. 1979)

Opinion

January 3, 1979.

Leo Sontag for the Central Hospital, Inc.

Harvey W. Freishtat for Somerville Hospital.

William A. Schroeder Maureen Dewan, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Commissioner of Public Health another.

So ordered.



The action by Central Hospital, Inc., having become moot on appeal, the judgment appealed from is vacated with notation that the decision is not on the merits, and the action is remanded to the Superior Court with directions to dismiss the complaint. See Reilly v. School Comm. of Boston, 362 Mass. 689, 696 (1972). The companion case, commenced as Superior Court, Suffolk County, C.A. No. 3164 (1974), and all proceedings pending therein in any court, are ordered transferred to this court for the Commonwealth. The action, as so transferred, having become moot, it, together with all such pending proceedings, is dismissed with notation that the decision is not on the merits.

So ordered.


Summaries of

Central Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Health

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jan 3, 1979
384 N.E.2d 1217 (Mass. 1979)
Case details for

Central Hospital v. Commissioner of Public Health

Case Details

Full title:CENTRAL HOSPITAL, INC. vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH others (and a…

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Jan 3, 1979

Citations

384 N.E.2d 1217 (Mass. 1979)
377 Mass. 907

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