MARRESE v. AM. ACADEMY ORTHO. SURGEONS

Nos. 81-2671, 83-2683.

726 F.2d 1150 (1984)

R. Anthony MARRESE and Michael R. Treister, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Reargued September 20, 1983.

Decided January 3, 1984.

As Corrected January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Kendall Griffith, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Michael T. Sawyier, Foss, Schuman & Drake, John J. Casey, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and PELL, BAUER, WOOD, CUDAHY, ESCHBACH, POSNER, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


Reargued En Banc September 20, 1983.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals present important questions relating to the scope of the doctrine of res judicata in our system of dual state and federal courts, and to the responsibilities of federal district judges in controlling pretrial discovery.

In 1976 the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a private association, rejected the plaintiffs' applications for membership, without a hearing...

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