Legal Opinion
William Allen Spencer v. Bumyong Lee, M.D., and St. Elizabeth Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 3, 1989No. 87-1203PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Do a private physician and a private hospital act under color of state law, and therefore lay themselves open to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, when they commit a mentally disturbed person? Adhering to Byrne v. Kysar, 347 F.2d 734 (7th Cir.1965), and Duzynski v. Nosal, 324 F.2d 924, 929-31 (7th Cir.1963), we hold they do not. The other courts that have addressed this issue agree with our position, see Hall v. Quillen, 631 F.2d 1154 (4th Cir.1980), and cases cited there, with the exception of the plurality opinion in Burch v. Apalachee Community Mental Health Services,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Rendell-Baker v. KohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by85 opinions
- Gibson v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Harvey v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Bass v. Parkwood HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Rick R. Ellison v. A.J. Garbarino, M.D. William M. Hogan, M.D. Stewart Bramson, M.D. Bruce Green, M.D. Peninsula Psychiatric Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- K.H. ex rel. Murphy v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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