Dr. William Truly v. Madison General Hospital

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The terrain of this appeal is dark and bloody, the scene of many bygone struggles. As a result of these, the principles that govern our review of the proceedings below are well settled, and little more is required of us than fitting the facts presented to the law’s existing matrix.

Dr. William Truly, a black physician, brought this action, asserting violation of his civil rights guaranteed' by 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and other enactments. This is said to have occurred in the course of denial to him of staff privileges at a small public hospital, the defendant in the case. He went…