Legal Opinion
Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Medical Group
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 8, 2015No. 12-16514PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether California law prohibits a settlement agreement that may constrain a physician’s freedom to practice medicine.
I
A
Donald Golden, M.D., is an emergency-room doctor formerly affiliated with the California Emergency Physicians Medical Group (together with other related defendants sued in this action, collectively, “CEP”), a large consortium of over 1000 physicians that manages or staffs many emergency rooms, inpatient clinics, and other facilities in California and other, mostly Western…
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