Community Psychiatric Centers of Oregon, Inc. v. Grant

664 F.2d 1148 COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS OF OREGON, INC., an Oregon corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Richard H. GRANT, individually and as Administrator of the State Health Planning and Development Agency of the State of Oregon, Defendant-Appellant, and Sisters of Providence in Oregon, Inc. dba St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Defendant-Cross-Appellee. Nos. 80-3357, 80-3365. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1981. Decided Dec. 28, 1981. Michael D. Williams, Williams, Hiefield, Norville & Griffin, P.C., Portland, Or., Hartly Fleischmann, Fleischmann & Farber, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for Community Psychiatric Centers; Seymour Farber, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Kathleen G. Dahlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., J. Barrett Marks, Portland, Or., argued, for Grant; Miller, Nash, Yerke, Wiener & Hager, Portland, Or., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before MERRILL and TANG, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT * , District Judge. MERRILL, Circuit Judge. 1 This case involves construction of the National Health Planning…