Legal Opinion
Pontius v. Children's Hospital
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1982No. Civ. A. 78-987PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHILL, District Judge.
Introduction
In November of 1975, Children’s Hospital determined not to reappoint the plaintiff, Dr. Robert G. Pontius, to his post as a cardiovascular surgeon. The hospital reached this decision after proceedings which comported not merely with the constitutional requisites of due process, but very nearly the procedural trappings of a full scale trial. The plaintiff now seeks to use federal antitrust laws effectively to obtain judicial review of the hospital’s decision not to retain him on its staff. Dr. Pontius also names in his suit four individual physicians…
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