Legal Opinion
Pravin Sanghvi, M.D. v. St. Catherine's Hospital, Inc., F/k/a Lakeshore Health System, Inc., and St. Mary Medical Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 2001No. 00-3613PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Dr. Pravin Sanghvi appeals the adverse grant of summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claim against St. Catherine’s Hospital. 1 The plaintiff contends that he has produced sufficient direct and indirect evidence of discrimination to warrant a jury trial. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the district court’s decision.
I. Background
Dr. Sanghvi, who is dark-skinned and of Asian Indian ethnicity, is an obstetrician/gynecologist licensed in Indiana. In 1994, he began covering the practice of Dr. A.P. Bonaventura located at St. Mary Medical Center, which is affiliated…
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