Legal Opinion
Donald C. Austin v. American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 2001No. 00-4028PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Donald C. Austin, a neurosurgeon, was suspended for six months by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, a voluntary association incorporated under Illinois law as a not-for-profit corporation, to which he belonged (he has since resigned). He brought this suit against the Association claiming that he had been suspended in “revenge” for having testified as an expert witness for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice suit brought against another member of the Association, a Dr. Ditmore. Austin argues that the suspension violated Illinois law (federal…
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