FOSTER v. MOBILE COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD

No. 24739.

398 F.2d 227 (1968)

Maynard V. FOSTER and LeBaron A. Foster, Appellants, v. MOBILE COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orzell Billingsley, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., Reber F. Boult, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, of counsel, Charles Morgan, Jr., M. Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, Ga., for appellants.

Allan R. Cameron, George F. Wood, Mobile, Ala., for appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, two Negro physicians, residing in the City of Mobile, Alabama, instituted this suit as a class action against defendants Mobile County General Hospital Board, its officers and members, to enjoin the denial of admission to the medical staff of the Mobile County General Hospital, based on allegations of racial discrimination. Jurisdiction was predicated on 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (4) and...

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