Huffaker v. Bailey

Petitioner, a physician, filed a petition with the Circuit Court of Klamath County for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital to grant him medical staff privileges at the hospital. Respondents’ demurrer to the alternative writ was sustained.

The first count of the writ alleged that petitioner is a medical doctor specializing in internal medicine and is licensed to practice in Oregon; that he applied for appointment to the staff of the hospital to practice his specialty, and, pursuant to the hospital bylaws, he documented his…