Dr. Milton Margoles v. Dr. Thomas W. Tormey, Jr. And Leroy L. Dalton

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the officials of one state have violated the constitutional rights of an applicant for medical licensure in another state by knowingly providing allegedly false information about the applicant to the licensing authorities of the second state. Plaintiff, Dr. Milton Margóles, appeals from the judgment of the district court awarding judgment notwithstanding the verdict to defendants. We affirm.

I

For many years prior to 1962, plaintiff was licensed as a physician in Wisconsin and in several other states; he practiced medicine…