DUFFIELD v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

No. 73-2161.

503 F.2d 512 (1974)

George D. DUFFIELD, Appellant, v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, and J. Darrell Richmond, Administrator of Memorial Division of Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Boettner, Jr., Charleston, W. Va., for appellant.

George G. Guthrie, Charleston, W. Va. (Howard R. Klostermeyer and Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Charleston, W. Va., on brief) for appellees.

Before BUTZNER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, a surgeon, challenges on constitutional grounds the withdrawal of his medical staff privileges by the Board of Trustees of the defendant Hospital.1 The District Court dismissed the action. We affirm.

The controversy between the parties began when one of the predecessor units of the present merged Hospital gave notice of the ex parte withdrawal, subject to appeal, of appellant...

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