Mckeesport Hospital v. The Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education

How courts have described this case

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

• collecting cases and concluding there to be no state action by the accrediting organization
• no symbiotic relationship between ACGME and State board because ACGME was self-governed and financed and set standards independently
• state official’s observation of private entity’s conduct fails to establish state action by private entity
• “State action may be found if the private party has acted with the help of or in concert with state officials.” (emphasis added)
• Residencies are a “vital component” of “medical education.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).