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CYPRESS v. NEWPORT NEWS GENERAL & NON-SECTARIAN HOSP. ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 969.

251 F.Supp. 667 (1966)

George C. CYPRESS et al., Plaintiffs, v. The NEWPORT NEWS GENERAL AND NON-SECTARIAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Incorporated, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

March 14, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Walker, Newport News, Va., Michael Meltsner, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Phillips M. Dowding, Newport News, Va., Arthur B. Davies, III, Lynchburg, Va., for defendants.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an action by a Negro physician, suing for the benefit of a class, and certain patients of said Negro physician, against the corporation owning and operating the Riverside Hospital in the City of Newport News, Virginia, and its hospital administrator. Stripped of nonessentials, the case turns on the denial of staff memberships to Dr. George C. Cypress and Dr. C. Waldo Scott, two physicians of the Negro race. There is also a claim...

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