MALAK v. ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS, INC.

No. 85-1510.

784 F.2d 277 (1986)

Dr. Thaddeus MALAK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Valparaiso, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marsha Schatz Volk, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LaPorte, Ind., Theresa L. Springmann, Spangler, Jennings, Spangler & Dougherty, Merriville, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This case involves a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by plaintiff Thaddeus J. Malak, M.D. ("plaintiff") against numerous defendants. Plaintiff appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of all the defendants. For the reasons set out below, we reverse.

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The ensuing analysis will be clearer by classifying the defendants into two groups. One group is the "public group," consisting of the Porter...

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