Legal Opinion
Wilfred E. Watkins, M.D. v. Mercy Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1975No. 74-1296PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BARNES, WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Dr. Watkins is a licensed physician in Nampa, Idaho, specializing in urology. Since 1967, he had been given staff privileges at Mercy Medical Center in that city and served his medical and surgical patients there. The hospital has an affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church and had adopted the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Facilities. It receives federal funds under the Hill-Burton Act. [42 U.S.C. § 291 et seq.]
When Dr. Watkins sought renewal or reappointment to the staff in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barbara Ann Chrisman v. Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, an Oregon Corporation Doing Business as Sacred Heart General HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Watkins v. Mercy Medical CenterDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1973
- Aasum v. Good Samaritan HospitalDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1975
3Cited by23 opinions
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- Life Insurance Co. Of North America v. Martha Ellen Reichardt, Etc., Martha Ellen Reichardt v. Wesley J. KinderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co. v. PeiperIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
- Dr. John R. Briscoe v. Edward J. Bock, Trustees of Deaconess Hospital, and the Evangelical Deaconess Society of St. Louis, D/B/A Deaconess HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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