Legal Opinion
Douglas W. Wohlfahrt, M.D. v. Memorial Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1981No. 80-2159PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Douglas Wohlfahrt, a physician, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for damages and injunctive relief, alleging that defendant-appellee Memorial Medical Center and certain members of its medical supervisory staff deprived him of liberty and property interests without due process of law by wrongfully preventing him from continuing his residency at the center. The defendants answered that Wohlfahrt voluntarily resigned his residency. After a hearing, the district court denied Wohlfahrt’s motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed his…
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