GOODMAN v. ILLINOIS DEPT. FIN. AND PROFESS. REG.

No. 05-1188.

430 F.3d 432 (2005)

Jason GOODMAN, D.C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, David E. Bluthardt, in his official capacity as the Acting Director of the Department's Division of Professional Regulation, and Allan G. Bennett, M.D., Tariq H. Butt, M.D., Georgia D. Lubben, M.D., Sandra F. Olson, M.D., Edward P. Rose, M.D., Douglas P. Webster, D.O., and Linda L. Zange, D.C., in their official capacity as the duly appointed members of the Medical Disciplinary Board of the Division of Professional Regulation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl R. Draper (argued), Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, James F. McCarthy, Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Jason Goodman is a chiropractor who currently practices in St. Louis, Missouri. He is licensed in Illinois, and states that he plans to open a clinic in Springfield. He wishes to telemarket his services to people in the Springfield area who have recently been in car accidents, but is prevented from doing so by the Illinois Medical Practice Act ("the Act"). The Act prohibits medical professionals from soliciting professional patronage under penalty...

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