Mangieri v. DCH Healthcare Auth. (Summary)

Mangieri v. DCH Healthcare Auth., No. 01-14647 (11th Cir. Sept. 4, 2002)

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a judgment by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in favor of a government hospital, in a suit filed by an anesthesiologist whose contract was not renewed. The appeals court allowed the physician to go forward with his claims that nonrenewal violated the First Amendment, because it was
allegedly in retaliation for his opposition to the hospital’s proposal to move some services to another site.