Legal Opinion
John C. Greco v. Orange Memorial Hospital Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1975No. 74-2102PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff-appellant, Dr. John C. Greco, a licensed physician authorized to practice obstetrics and gynecology, joined the staff of the Orange Memorial Hospital in 1960. In early 1973 after the United States Supreme Court invalidated the Texas criminal abortion statute, the appellant began to perform elective abortions. Eight elective abortions were performed by Dr. Greco in Orange Memorial Hospital before the hospital’s board of directors adopted a motion of the medical staff to prevent further use of the hospital’s facilities for the performance of non-therapeutic…
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