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No. 344319
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
William T. Ong, M.D. v. James Tovey, M.D., Surgery, Karl Urbach, M.D., Director, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, California, Frederick Dykstra, Chief, Medical Education, Frederick Burris, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery, James Kauth, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery, James Goebel, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery and Chief, Urology, Caspar N. Weinberger, Secretary, U.S. Dept. H.E.W., the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
No. 344319 · Decided April 19, 1977
No. 344319·Ninth Circuit · 1977·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
April 19, 1977
Citation
No. 344319
Disposition
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William T. Ong, M.D. v. James Tovey, M.D., Surgery, Karl Urbach, M.D., Director, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, San Francisco, California, Frederick Dykstra, Chief, Medical Education, Frederick Burris, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery, James Kauth, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery, James Goebel, M.D., Assistant Chief, Surgery and Chief, Urology, Caspar N. Weinberger, Secretary, U.S. Dept. H.E.W., the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Individually and in Their Official Capacities is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on April 19, 1977.
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