U.S. NURSING CORP. v. SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER

No. 94-1452.

39 F.3d 790 (1994)

U.S. NURSING CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia A. Fenton, Sachnoff & Weaver, Marc I. Fenton, Chicago, IL, Richard M. Green (argued), Steuart Tower, San Francisco, CA, Susan Grauer, Denver, CO, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Garrison (argued), James R. Fabrizio, Gerald R. Kinney, Gregory L. Peyla, Garrison, Fabrizio & Hanson, Joliet, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before LAY, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

United States Nursing Corporation ("U.S. Nursing"), a nurse staffing agency, brought this diversity action for breach of contract against St. Joseph Medical Center ("St. Joseph"). The district court granted summary judgment in St. Joseph's favor, finding the contract unenforceable as a matter of public policy. We affirm.

I.

BACKGROUND

On January 8, 1993, U.S. Nursing entered into a written contract to supply St. Joseph...

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