Vista Doctor Sues Hospital

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June 4, 1970

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LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 
olumbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 « JUdson 6-8397 

June 4, 1 

VISTA DOCTOR SUES HOSPITAL 

Little Rock, Arkansas---Lawyers representing the 
and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) have filed a sui 
Court in Little Rock, Arkansas on behalf of a Vis 
Dr. Daniel Blumenthal. 

The suit alleges that Dr. Blumenthal, who h 
Lee County set up the Lee County Cooperative Medi 
denied the privilege of practicing medicine in th 
Hospital or of having patients from his clinic tr 
hospital because according to the Lee County Medi 
“he is not engaged in the private practice of med 

Defendants in the suit are: The hospital a 
Board of Governors of the hospital, a county judge, who is an ex-officio member of the board, and the County Medical Assoc 

Because the hospital receives Hill-Burton f 
in Medicade, attorneys for the Legal Defense Fund 

President 
Hon. Francis E. 

Director Counsel 
Jack Greenberg 

Director, Pulllic Relati 
Jesse DeVore, 
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are instituting 
action under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. 

For further information on this case contact attorney John Walker in Little Rock, Arkansas at (501) 374-3758. 

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