Exhibit 5.3
August 9, 2012
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
200 International Circle
Suite 3500
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (File No. 333-182531)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as special Connecticut counsel to OHI (Connecticut), Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Connecticut Guarantor”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Parent”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Parent and the subsidiary guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the offer by the Parent (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange up to $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Parent’s 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) for an equal aggregate principal amount of its existing 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022, issued and outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 (the “Initial Notes”), under the indenture dated as of March 19, 2012 (the “Original Indenture”), among the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors signatory thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 2, 2012, among the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors signatory thereto and the Trustee and that certain Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 9, 2012, among the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors signatory thereto and the Trustee (the Original Indenture, as so supplemented, being herein referred to as the “Indenture”). All capitalized terms which are defined in the Indenture shall have the same meanings when used herein, unless otherwise specified.
We have not been involved in the preparation of the Registration Statement, nor were we involved in the negotiation, preparation or execution of the Indenture, the Guarantees (as defined below), the Exchange Notes, the Initial Notes, or any of the related agreements executed or delivered in connection with any of the foregoing. We have been retained solely for the purpose of rendering certain opinions pursuant to Connecticut law as specifically set forth herein.
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August 9, 2012
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In connection herewith, we have examined:
| (1) | the Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto); |
| (2) | an executed copy of the Indenture, including the form of the guarantees and the Exchange Notes (each, a “Guarantee”) provided for therein; |
| (3) | executed copies of the Initial Notes; |
| (4) | the form of the Exchange Notes; |
| (5) | the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Connecticut Guarantor as in effect on the date hereof and as certified by the applicable Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other appropriate representative of the Connecticut Guarantor (the “Organizational Documents”); |
| (6) | a certificate of legal existence for the Connecticut Guarantor issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut as of July 26, 2012; and |
| (7) | a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other appropriate representative of the Connecticut Guarantor, certifying as to resolutions relating to the transactions referred to herein and the incumbency of officers. |
The documents referenced as items (1) through (4) and (7) above are collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents.”
In our examination of the Transaction Documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal competence and capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have not independently established or verified any facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, and have relied without independent investigation as to matters of fact upon statements of governmental officials and upon representations made in or pursuant to certificates and statements of appropriate representatives of the Connecticut Guarantor. We understand that you are receiving opinion letters, dated the date hereof, from the various law firms indicted on Schedule II hereto (the “Local Counsel Opinions”), as to the validity and binding nature of the Guarantees against the guarantors other than the Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively, the “Other Guarantors”) under the laws of the Other Guarantors’ respective states of organization, and that such opinion letters are being filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement as indicted on Schedule II hereto. We have assumed the correctness of the conclusions set forth in the Local Counsel Opinions and express no opinion herein with regard thereto.
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In connection herewith, we have assumed that, other than with respect to the Guarantee of the Connecticut Guarantor provided for in the Indenture, all of the documents referred to in this opinion have been duly authorized by, have been duly executed and delivered by, and constitute the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of, all of the parties thereto, all of the signatories to such documents have been duly authorized by all such parties and all such parties are duly organized and validly existing and have the power and authority (corporate or other) to execute, deliver and perform such documents.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that, when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, (ii) the Indenture has become duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and (iii) the Exchange Notes (in the form examined by us) have been duly executed by the Parent and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued in exchange for the Initial Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto, the Guarantee of the Connecticut Guarantor provided for in the Indenture will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Connecticut Guarantor.
In addition to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth above, the opinion set forth herein is further limited by, subject to and based upon the following assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions:
(a) We are qualified to practice law only in the State of Connecticut. Our opinion set forth herein reflects only the application of applicable Connecticut state law (excluding the securities and blue sky laws of such state, as to which we express no opinion). To the extent that any other laws govern any of the matters as to which we are opining herein, we have assumed, with your permission and without independent investigation, that such laws are identical to the state laws of the State of Connecticut, and we express no opinion as to whether such assumption is reasonable or correct. The opinion set forth herein is made as of the date hereof and is subject to, and may be limited by, future changes in the factual matters set forth herein, and we undertake no duty to advise you of the same. The opinion expressed herein is based upon the law in effect (and published or otherwise generally available) on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should such law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise. In rendering our opinion, we have not considered, and hereby disclaim any opinion as to, the application or impact of any laws, cases, decisions, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, court or administrative agency.
(b) We express no opinion herein as to the enforceability of the Exchange Notes.
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(c) We express no opinion as to whether a subsidiary may guarantee or otherwise be liable for indebtedness incurred by its parent except to the extent that such subsidiary may be determined to have benefited from the incurrence of the indebtedness by its parent or whether such benefit may be measured other than by the extent to which the proceeds of the indebtedness incurred by its parent are, directly or indirectly, made available to such subsidiary for its corporate or other analogous purposes.
(d) We express no opinion as to the availability of any equitable or specific remedy upon any breach of any of the agreements as to which we are opining herein, or any of the agreements, documents or obligations referred to therein, or to the successful assertion of any equitable defenses, inasmuch as the availability of such remedies or the success of any equitable defense may be subject to the discretion of a court.
(e) Our opinions set forth herein are qualified to the extent that they may be subject to or affected by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (ii) statutory or decisional law concerning recourse by creditors to security in the absence of notice or hearing, (iii) duties and standards imposed on creditors and parties to contracts, including, without limitation, requirements of good faith, reasonableness and fair dealing, and (iv) general equitable principles.
We do not render any opinions except as expressly set forth above. The opinion set forth herein is made as of the date hereof. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein and in the related prospectus under the captions “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
ROBINSON & COLE LLP
| By: | /s/ John B. Lynch, Jr. | |
| John B. Lynch, Jr., a Partner |
Schedule I
Subsidiary Guarantors
| Subsidiary | State or other jurisdiction of formation |
| 1200 Ely Street Holdings Co. LLC | Michigan |
| 2425 Teller Avenue, LLC | Colorado |
| 42235 County Road Holdings Co. LLC | Michigan |
| 48 High Point Road, LLC | Maryland |
| Arizona Lessor - Infinia, Inc. | Maryland |
| Baldwin Health Center, Inc. | Pennsylvania |
| Bayside Alabama Healthcare Second, Inc. | Alabama |
| Bayside Arizona Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Arizona |
| Bayside Arizona Healthcare Second, Inc. | Arizona |
| Bayside Colorado Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Colorado |
| Bayside Colorado Healthcare Second, Inc. | Colorado |
| Bayside Indiana Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Indiana |
| Bayside Street II, Inc. | Delaware |
| Bayside Street, Inc. | Maryland |
| Canton Health Care Land, Inc. | Ohio |
| Carnegie Gardens LLC | Delaware |
| Center Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| CFG 2115 Woodstock Place LLC | Delaware |
| Cherry Street – Skilled Nursing, Inc. | Texas |
| Colonial Gardens, LLC | Ohio |
| Colorado Lessor - Conifer, Inc. | Maryland |
| Copley Health Center, Inc. | Ohio |
| CSE Albany LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Amarillo LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Anchorage LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Arden L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE Augusta LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Bedford LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Blountville LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Bolivar LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Cambridge LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Cambridge Realty LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Camden LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Canton LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Casablanca Holdings II LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Casablanca Holdings LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Cedar Rapids LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Centennial Village | Delaware |
| CSE Chelmsford LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Chesterton LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Claremont LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Corpus North LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Crane LLC | Delaware |
| Subsidiary | State or other jurisdiction of formation |
| CSE Denver Iliff LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Denver LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Douglas LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Dumas LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Elkton LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Elkton Realty LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Fairhaven LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Fort Wayne LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Frankston LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Georgetown LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Green Bay LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Hilliard LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Huntingdon LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Huntsville LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Indianapolis-Continental LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Indianapolis-Greenbriar LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Jacinto City LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Jefferson City LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Jeffersonville-Hillcrest Center LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Jeffersonville-Jennings House LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Kerrville LLC | Delaware |
| CSE King L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE Kingsport LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Knightdale L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE Lake City LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lake Worth LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lakewood LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Las Vegas LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lawrenceburg LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lenoir L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE Lexington Park LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lexington Park Realty LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Ligonier LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Live Oak LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Logansport LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Lowell LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Marianna Holdings LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Memphis LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Mobile LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Moore LLC | Delaware |
| CSE North Carolina Holdings I LLC | Delaware |
| CSE North Carolina Holdings II LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Omro LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Orange Park LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Orlando-Pinar Terrace Manor LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Orlando-Terra Vista Rehab LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Pennsylvania Holdings | Delaware |
| CSE Piggott LLC | Delaware |
| Subsidiary | State or other jurisdiction of formation |
| CSE Pilot Point LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Ponca City LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Port St. Lucie LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Richmond LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Ripley LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Ripon LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Safford LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Salina LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Seminole LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Shawnee LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Spring Branch LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Stillwater LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Taylorsville LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Texarkana LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Texas City LLC | Delaware |
| CSE The Village LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Upland LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Walnut Cove L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE West Point LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Whitehouse LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Williamsport LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Winter Haven LLC | Delaware |
| CSE Woodfin L.P. | Delaware |
| CSE Yorktown LLC | Delaware |
| Dallas – Skilled Nursing, Inc. | Texas |
| Delta Investors I, LLC | Maryland |
| Delta Investors II, LLC | Maryland |
| Desert Lane LLC | Delaware |
| Dixon Health Care Center, Inc. | Ohio |
| Florida Lessor – Crystal Springs, Inc. | Maryland |
| Florida Lessor – Emerald, Inc. | Maryland |
| Florida Lessor – Lakeland, Inc. | Maryland |
| Florida Lessor – Meadowview, Inc. | Maryland |
| Florida Real Estate Company, LLC | Florida |
| Georgia Lessor - Bonterra/Parkview, Inc. | Maryland |
| Greenbough, LLC | Delaware |
| Hanover House, Inc. | Ohio |
| Heritage Texarkana Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| House of Hanover, Ltd | Ohio |
| Hutton I Land, Inc. | Ohio |
| Hutton II Land, Inc. | Ohio |
| Hutton III Land, Inc. | Ohio |
| Indiana Lessor – Jeffersonville, Inc. | Maryland |
| Indiana Lessor – Wellington Manor, Inc. | Maryland |
| Jefferson Clark, Inc. | Maryland |
| LAD I Real Estate Company, LLC | Delaware |
| Lake Park – Skilled Nursing, Inc. | Texas |
| Leatherman 90-1, Inc. | Ohio |
| Subsidiary | State or other jurisdiction of formation |
| Leatherman Partnership 89-1, Inc. | Ohio |
| Leatherman Partnership 89-2, Inc. | Ohio |
| Long Term Care – Michigan, Inc. | Michigan |
| Long Term Care – North Carolina, Inc. | North Carolina |
| Long Term Care Associates – Illinois, Inc. | Illinois |
| Long Term Care Associates – Indiana, Inc. | Indiana |
| Long Term Care Associates – Texas, Inc. | Texas |
| Meridian Arms Land, Inc. | Ohio |
| North Las Vegas LLC | Delaware |
| NRS Ventures, L.L.C. | Delaware |
| OHI (Connecticut), Inc. | Connecticut |
| OHI (Florida), Inc. | Florida |
| OHI (Illinois), Inc. | Illinois |
| OHI (Indiana), Inc. | Indiana |
| OHI (Iowa), Inc. | Iowa |
| OHI (Kansas), Inc. | Kansas |
| OHI Asset (CA), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (CO), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (CT) Lender, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (FL), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (FL) Lender, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (ID), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IL), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IN), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IN) Greensburg, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IN) Indianapolis, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IN) Wabash, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (IN) Westfield, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (LA), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (MD), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (MI), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (MI/NC), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (MO), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (OH) Lender, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (OH) New Philadelphia, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (OH), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (PA) Trust | Maryland |
| OHI Asset (PA), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset (SMS) Lender, Inc. | Maryland |
| OHI Asset (TX), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset CSB LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset CSE – E, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset CSE – U, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset Essex (OH), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset HUD CFG, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset HUD SF, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset HUD WO, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset II (CA), LLC | Delaware |
| Subsidiary | State or other jurisdiction of formation |
| OHI Asset II (FL), LLC | Delaware |
| OHI Asset II (PA) Trust | Maryland |
| OHI Asset III (PA) Trust | Maryland |
| OHI Asset IV (PA) Silver Lake Trust | Maryland |
| OHI Asset, LLC | Delaware |
| OHI of Texas, Inc. | Maryland |
| OHI Sunshine, Inc. | Florida |
| OHI Tennessee, Inc. | Maryland |
| OHIMA, Inc. | Massachusetts |
| Omega (Kansas), Inc. | Kansas |
| Omega TRS I, Inc. | Maryland |
| Orange Village Care Center, Inc. | Ohio |
| OS Leasing Company | Kentucky |
| Panama City Nursing Center LLC | Delaware |
| Parkview – Skilled Nursing, Inc. | Texas |
| Pavillion North Partners, Inc. | Pennsylvania |
| Pavillion North, LLP | Pennsylvania |
| Pavillion Nursing Center North, Inc. | Pennsylvania |
| Pine Texarkana Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| Reunion Texarkana Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| San Augustine Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| Skilled Nursing – Gaston, Inc. | Indiana |
| Skilled Nursing – Herrin, Inc. | Illinois |
| Skilled Nursing – Hicksville, Inc. | Ohio |
| Skilled Nursing – Paris, Inc. | Illinois |
| Skyler Maitland LLC | Delaware |
| South Athens Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| St. Mary’s Properties, Inc. | Ohio |
| Sterling Acquisition Corp. | Kentucky |
| Sterling Acquisition Corp. II | Kentucky |
| Suwanee, LLC | Delaware |
| Texas Lessor – Stonegate GP, Inc. | Maryland |
| Texas Lessor – Stonegate, Limited, Inc. | Maryland |
| Texas Lessor – Stonegate, LP | Maryland |
| Texas Lessor – Treemont, Inc. | Maryland |
| The Suburban Pavilion, Inc. | Ohio |
| Washington Lessor – Silverdale, Inc. | Maryland |
| Waxahachie Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| West Athens Healthcare Associates, Inc. | Texas |
| Wilcare, LLC | Ohio |
Schedule II
Local Counsel
| Law Firm | State | Exhibit |
| Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. | Alabama | Exhibit 5.2 |
| Akerman Senterfitt LLP | Florida | Exhibit 5.4 |
| Ice Miller LLP | Indiana | Exhibit 5.5 |
| Baudino Law Group, PLC | Iowa | Exhibit 5.6 |
| Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP | Kentucky | Exhibit 5.7 |
| Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP | Massachusetts | Exhibit 5.8 |
| Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C. | Michigan | Exhibit 5.9 |
| Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | Ohio | Exhibit 5.10 |
| Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP | Pennsylvania | Exhibit 5.11 |