Halberstadt v. Kissane

Appeal from judgments of the Supreme Court, Franklin 'County, entered upon a decision of the court at Trial Term, dismissing the first cause of action in appellant’s complaint. Appellant, a physician duly licensed -to practice medicine in the State of New York, seeks to compel her reinstatement to the medical staff at the Alice Hyde Memorial Hospital, a private, nonprofit, voluntary institution. Appellant’s position is that since the hospital has received public assistance under the Hill-Burton Act, is tax exempt and treats welfare patients for which it is paid from public funds, it has no…