Legal Opinion
James E. Sams, Jack L. Paradise, and Daniel J. Birmingham v. Ohio Valley General Hospital Association, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1969No. 12983_1PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are three physicians who have been refused staff appointments and enjoyment of privileges in two hospitals in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, under a common rule:
“Except under extraordinary circumstances, physicians having their offices and practice outside of Ohio County shall not be eligible for staff appointment or hospital privileges.”
The two institutions are the Ohio Valley General Hospital and the Wheeling Hospital. With their respective administrators individually, they were sued in the District Court by the appellants for injunction of…
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3Cited by78 opinions
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