GINSBURG v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

No. 12914.

277 F.2d 801 (1960)

Paul GINSBURG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, an Unincorporated Association, Joseph D. Stecher, George B. Christensen, Thomas A. Reynolds, James D. Head, and Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, a Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ginsburg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Sheldon Karon, Floyd E. Thompson, Thompson, Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Bloomstein, Chicago, Ill., for American Bar Assn. and Joseph D. Stecher.

R. Lawrence Storms, George B. Christensen, Chicago, Ill., for Christensen and others, Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This action was instituted in the district court by plaintiff-appellant, Paul Ginsburg, a practicing lawyer of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages in excess of $1,000,000 charged to have resulted from an alleged combination and conspiracy among the defendants to destroy his good name and professional standing.

Following an amendment to the complaint, we find the defendants to be the American Bar Association, a voluntary...

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