Dooley v. Barberton Citizens Hospital

The issue before us is whether Barberton Citizens Hospital, through its by-laws, illegally discriminated against appellant, a licensed Doctor of Podiatric Medicine because of his practice as a podiatrist. For the reasons set forth below we find such discrimination had occurred. Accordingly we reverse the court of appeals and remand as hereinafter set forth.

This cause has witnessed a number of transformations in the hospital’s by-laws. Because of the importance of the issues to be resolved it is necessary to examine the factual basis of this case with close attention to the hospital by-laws…