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AUSTIN v. AMERICAN ASS'N OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

No. 00-4028.

253 F.3d 967 (2001)

Donald C. AUSTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Krasnow (argued), Krasnow, Sanberg, Cornblath & Hobbs, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Chabraja (argued), Ross & Hardies, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Carolyn Quinn, Hubert, Fowler & Quinn, Chicago, IL, for amici curiae.

Before POSNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Donald C. Austin, a neurosurgeon, was suspended for six months by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, a voluntary association incorporated under Illinois law as a not-for-profit corporation, to which he belonged (he has since resigned). He brought this suit against the Association claiming that he had been suspended in "revenge" for having testified as an expert witness for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice suit brought against...

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