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DOE v. AMERICAN RED CROSS

Nos. 93-1303, 93-1304.

14 F.3d 196 (1993)

John DOE; Jane Doe, Appellants, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS; American National Red Cross; Thomas Jefferson University; Joseph Grover, M.D.; Scott Murphy, M.D.; Cardeza Foundation. Harry DOE; Jane Doe, h/w, Appellants, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS; American National Red Cross; Graduate Hospital; Louis F. Plzak, M.D.; Daniel J. Woody, M.D.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Kline, David A. Yanoff (argued), Beasley, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein, Thistle & Kline, Philadelphia, PA, for appellants John Doe, Jane Doe.

Jacqueline R. Denning (argued), Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, William J. O'Brien, Howard M. Klein, Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for appellees, American Red Cross and American Nat. Red Cross.

Ruth R. Wessel, D. Madelaine Miller, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Scott Murphy, M.D.

Arthur M. Toensmeier, Sharon M. Reiss, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Graduate Hosp.

David A. Yanoff (argued), Daniel L. Thistle, Beasley, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein, Thistle & Kline, Philadelphia, PA, for appellants Harry Doe, Jane Doe.

Before: SCIRICA, ALITO and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

On June 19, 1992 in American National Red Cross v. S.G., ___ U.S. ___, 112 S.Ct. 2465, 120 L.Ed.2d 201 (1992) (S.G.), the Court considered whether the "sue and be sued" provision in the Red Cross congressional charter, 36 U.S.C. § 2, conferred original jurisdiction on federal courts. The Court framed the issue before it as follows:

In this case we consider whether [the] "sue and be...

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