TREISTER v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS

No. 77-1221.

78 Ill. App.3d 746 (1979)

396 N.E.2d 1225

MICHAEL R. TREISTER, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed October 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Crisham and Nancy E. Ator, both of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellant.

Stephen B. Cohen, William J. Stevens, and Joseph Schuman, all of Foss, Schuman & Drake, of Chicago, for appellee.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 3, 1976, the plaintiff, Michael R. Treister, M.D., filed a three-count complaint against the defendant, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, challenging the academy's denial of his initial application for membership in the academy. The academy filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint on various grounds which included the failure to state...

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