Allen P. Schlein, M.D. v. The Milford Hospital, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that private hospital’s actions were not attributable to the State simply because the State licenses the hospital and its physicians
• holding no state action because of absence of a nexus without discussing symbiotic relationship analysis, where the state played no part in either formulating hiring procedures of hospital or applying them to appellant
• holding no state action because of absence of a nexus without discussing symbiotic relationship analysis, where the state played no part in either formulating hiring procedures of hospital or applying them to appellant
• affirming dismissal “for lack of jurisdiction” where alleged denial of constitutional rights did not amount to “state action”
• state regulation of hospitals does not convert private hospital’s denial of plaintiff doctor’s application for staff privileges into state action
• “The mere fact that [the State] regulates the . . . private hospital does not per se make the acts of the hospital . . . the acts of the state.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).