Legal Opinion

McElhinney v. William Booth Memorial Hospital

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided July 30, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REED, Chief Justice.

Appellant W. Thomas McElhinney, a surgeon, sued appellees, the governing authorities of Booth Hospital, because they revoked his staff privileges to admit patients to Booth and to use its facilities in his practice of medicine. The circuit court’s judgment from which McElhinney appeals dissolved injunctive relief pendente lite that it had previously granted him and also adjudged that Booth’s governing authorities had not acted illegally in terminating appellant’s right to practice in the hospital. We granted temporary injunctive relief to ap pellant pending disposition of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Silver v. Castle Memorial HospitalHawaii Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Rosner v. Eden Township Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Hughes v. Good Samaritan HospitalCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  4. Burkhart v. Community Medical CenterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Mahmoodian v. United Hospital Center, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Granger v. Christus Health Central LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2013
  3. Lawler v. Eugene Wuesthoff Memorial Hosp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Nanavati v. Burdette Tomlin Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  5. Egan v. ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTERSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008

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