Legal Opinion
Modaber v. Culpeper Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1982No. 81-1550PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff, a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, brought this § 1983 action1 against a private nonprofit hospital, charging that its revocation of his clinical staff privileges deprived him of a valuable property right without affording him procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.2 The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, finding that the revocation was not “state action” and thus not subject to the Fourteenth Amendment.3 We affirm.
Defendant, the only hospital within thirty miles of Culpeper,…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Philips v. Pitt County Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Wahi v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Russell H. Carter v. Norfolk Community Hospital Association, Inc., a Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Orteza v. Monongalia County General HospitalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Dr. Eileen T. MENDEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Dr. Robert BELTON, Presbyterian Hospital, Et Al., Defendants, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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