Legal Opinion
Knight v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 10, 1968No. 2807PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL, Judge.
Dr. Sidney Knight filed this suit against the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, seeking: .(1) by mandamus to compel the Board to reinstate his license to practice medicine; alternatively (2) to enjoin the Board from refusing to reinstate that license; and in the further alternative (3) that the Court annul an administrative action suspending the license for a period of five years.
Essentially, plaintiff contended: (1) LSA-R.S. 37:1285, the statute under which his license was suspended, is invalid insofar as it fails to set a maximum time limit on suspensions; (2) he was…
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