Notice Re: Motion to Dismiss

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

  

BERNICE TERRY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

VS. No. H 76-373 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC., : 
et al., 

Defendants 

  

  

RICHARD GORDON HATCHER, et al., : 

Plaintiffs, 

VS. : No. H 77-154 

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF GARY, INC., = 

et al., 

Defendants 

  

Come now the defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc. and 

Denis E. Ribordy, by counsel, and move the Court to set their Motions 

to Dismiss previously filed with this Court on the 19th day of 

January, 1977, and on the 6th day of July, 1977, for hearing at 

the earliest convenience of the Court. In support of their motion 

defendants state as follows: 

That defendant, Methodist Hoapital of Gary, Inc. filed a Motion 

to Dismiss in Hammond Civil No. H 76-373 on January 19, 1977; that 

thereafter plaintiffs in Cause No. H 76-373 filed Motions for 

 



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Extension of Time extending the time in which to respond to 

defendant's Motion to Dismiss to May 10, 1977; that as of July 26, 

1977, hearing had not been set on defendant's Motion to Dismiss 

in Cause No. H 76-373. 

That on July 6, 1977, defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, 

Inc. and Denis E. RiLOLAY, filed their Motion to Dismiss in 

response to the plaintiffs’ Complaint in Hammond Civil No. H 77-154; 

that thereafter on July 12, 1977, plaintiffs filed their Motion 

for Extension of Time in which to respond to Motion to Dismiss 

filed by defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc. and Denis E. 

Ribordy, for an extension of one month up to and including August 16, 

1977: that as of July 26, 1977, the defendants' Motion to Dismiss 

has not been set for hearing by this Court. 

That on July 6, 1977, this Court consolidated Cause Numbers 

H 76-373 and H 77-154. 

WHEREFORE, defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc. and 

Denis E. Ribordy, respectfully move the Court to set the Motions 

to Dismiss filed in H 756-373 and H 77-154 for hearing at the Court's 

earliest convenience subsequent to August 16, 1977. 

Respectfully submitted, 

HODGES, DAVIS, GRUENBERG, COMPTON 
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William B. Davis 
5525 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46410 
Phone: (219) 981-2557 

  

Defendants, Methodist Hospital of Gary, Inc. and Denis E. 

Ribordy, having filed their Motion for hearing on their Motions 

to Dismiss and the Court being duly advised in the premises, the 

Court now grants defendants' Motion for hearing and sets hearing 

 



  

  

    

    

on the defendants' Motions to Dismiss for the day of 

. 3877, at o'clock  .M, 

ALL OF WHICH 1S ORDERED THIS DAY OF ; 

1977. 

  

JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, 

HAMMOND DIVISION 

 



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion for 

hearing was served by United States mail, postage prepaid, on 

the 27th day of July, 1977, on all counsel of record as follows: 

JACK GREENBERG 

BETH J. LIEF 

MELVYN R. LEVENTHAL 

10 Columbus Circle 

New York, New York 10019 

JULIAN ALLEN 

2009 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46407 

MARILYN G. ROSE 

CHRISTINE B. HICKMAN 

1751.8 Street, N. HW. 

Washington, D. C. 20036 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Terry, 
Hatcher, Page, Metro Corp., Inc. 

REBECCA 1. ROSS, ESQ. 

Department of Justice 
10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 
Washington, D. C. 

MARVIN G. GARVIN & EDWARD L. KOVEN 

REGIONAL ATTORNEY & GENERAL ATTORNEY 

Department of Health, Education and Welfare 
300 South Wacker Drive, 18th Floor 
Chicago, Illinois 

FRED W. GRADY 

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

United States District Court 
Northern District of Indiana 
Federal Building, 502 State Street 
Hammond, Indiana 46325 

Attorneys for Defendant Secretary of Health, Education 

and Welfare 

WILLIAM T. PAYNTER, M. D. 

State Health Commissioner 
Indiana State Board of Health 

1330 West Michigan Street 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 

JAMES WHITE 

Director, Division of Hospital and Institutional 
Services 

Indiana State Board of Health 
1330 West Michigan Street 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 

 



  

DAVID J. EDWARDS, M.D. 
Director, Health Facilities, Services and Review 

Development Bureau 
Indiana State Board of Health 
1330 West Michigan Street 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 

KIPTON KAPLAN 

Executive Director, Northern Indiana Comprehensive 
Health Services Agency, Inc. 

900 East Colfax Avenue 
South Bend, Indiana 46617 

HODGES, DAVIS, GRUENBERG, COMPTON 
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Riis B. Davis 
5525 Broadway 
Gary, Indiana 46410 
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