RATINO v. MEDICAL SERVICE OF DIST. OF COLUMBIA

No. 81-1798.

718 F.2d 1260 (1983)

John M. RATINO, M.D., Appellant, v. MEDICAL SERVICE OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (BLUE SHIELD); Montgomery County (Maryland) Medical Society, Inc.; Stephen N. Jones, M.D.; Robert A. Barnett, M.D.; Henry M. Wise, M.D.; Ira Miller, M.D.; Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Incorporated, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Orci, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Edward Brown Williams, Harter, Calhoun & Williams, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

Charles J. Steele, Washington, D.C. (Jacqueline M. Saue, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellee Medical Service of the District of Columbia.

Gerald J. O'Brien, Rockville, Md. (Stanley J. Nadonley, Rockville, Md., on brief), for appellee Holy Cross Hosp. of Silver Spring, Inc.

Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Whiteford, Hart, Carmody & Wilson; Albert D. Brault, Janet S. Zigler, Washington, D.C., on brief, for appellees Wise and Miller.

William A. Ehrmantraut, Donahue, Ehrmantraut & Montedonico, Chartered, Rockville, Md., on brief, for appellees Wise, Miller, Barnett & Jones.

Kenneth Armstrong, Rockville, Md., on brief, for appellee Montgomery County Medical Society.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 4, 1983.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

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