Legal Opinion
Curtis W. Caine, Jr., M.D. v. M.D. Hardy, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 26, 1991No. 89-4470PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
An anesthesiologist’s clinical privileges at a public hospital were suspended with conditions after an investigation and conferences concerning the death of one of his patients, but before a formal hearing was held. This court must now decide en banc whether the doctor’s discipline followed the dictates of procedural due process. To a reasonable layman, there would be no dilemma: after a patient died while under the anesthesiologist’s care, suspension pending a hearing would seem an obvious answer. Constitutional law does not, however, always deal in the obvious.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by122 opinions
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