Legal Opinion
Roy v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 2011No. C066862PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUTZ, J.
The Medical Board of California (the Board) ordered that petitioner William Joseph Roy, Jr., M.D., be publicly reprimanded, after finding he committed professional misconduct by engaging in sexual relations with a patient.
Roy filed a petition for writ of administrative mandate in the superior court, seeking to overturn the Board’s ruling. The court denied the petition for writ of mandate. Exercising its independent judgment on the evidence, the trial court upheld the Board’s decision, including its finding that Roy violated Business and Professions Code section 726.1
Roy filed a…
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