Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1991

Recovery Centers of America, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources

Recovery Centers of America, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided January 10, 1991 · Exum, Frye, Whichard
328 N.C. 81; 399 S.E.2d 112; 1991 N.C. LEXIS 11

Recovery Centers of America, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources

Opinion of the Court

EXUM, Chief Justice.

Under the rationale and holding in HCA Crossroads Residential Ctrs. v. N.C. Dept. of Human Res., 327 N.C. 573, 398 S.E.2d 466 (1990), the final decision of the Department of Human Resources *82entered 11 August 1989 is vacated. The Department must issue the Certificate of Need for which the petitioner-appellant has applied. The matter is remanded to the Department for further proceedings not inconsistent with this decision. Durham Meridian Partnership v. N.C. Dept. of Human Res., 327 N.C. 586, 398 S.E.2d 474 (1990).

Vacated and remanded.

Concurring Opinion

Justice WHICHARD

concurring.

While I continue to adhere to the reasoning in my dissenting opinion in HCA Crossroads Residential Ctrs. v. N.C. Dept. of Human Res., 327 N.C. 573, 398 S.E.2d 466 (1990), the majority opinion there is now the law governing this case. For this reason, I concur in the foregoing opinion.

Justice FRYE joins in this concurring opinion.

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