Legal Opinion
Winston A. Mitchell, M.D. Winston A. Mitchell, M.D., Inc. v. Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital Robert Harrah Steven Wentworth, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1988No. 87-1913, 87-2069PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
From July 1980 until August 31, 1985, appellant Winston A. Mitchell served under oral contract as the radiologist for appellee Howard Memorial Hospital (“the Hospital”), a 38-bed facility that is the only hospital in the rural town of Willits, Mendocino County, California (pop. 4200). After the Hospital terminated its agreement with Dr. Mitchell and entered into an exclusive contract for hospital-based radiology services with Dr. Steven Wentworth, Dr. Mitchell sued in federal district court claiming that the exclusive arrangement between Howard Memorial Hospital and Dr.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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